How To Pronounce Faculty
faculty
In British English, faculty is pronounced /ˈfæk.əl.ti/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈfæk.əɫ.ti]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈfæk.əl.ti/.
Faculty has three syllables, and the main stress falls on the first syllable. British and American speakers say it the same way.
Slashes / / show the phonemic transcription, the sounds that change meaning. Square brackets [ ] show the phonetic transcription, with the finer detail of how the sounds are actually made.
Syllables, Stress And Endings
Syllables And Stress
Faculty has three syllables in British English, and the main stress is on the first syllable, shown in colour above. Its stress pattern is Ooo, where O is the stressed syllable.
Questions About Faculty
How do you pronounce faculty in British English?
In British English, faculty is pronounced /ˈfæk.əl.ti/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈfæk.əɫ.ti].
How do you pronounce faculty in American English?
In American English, faculty is pronounced /ˈfæk.əl.ti/.
How many syllables are in faculty?
Faculty has three syllables, /fæk/ + /əl/ + /ti/.
Where is the stress in faculty?
The main stress is on the first syllable, /fæk/.
Do British and American English pronounce faculty the same way?
Yes. Both are /ˈfæk.əl.ti/.
Other Words With The Stress Pattern Ooo
Nearby Words
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