How to Pronounce “elevator

word

/ˈɛɫəˌveɪtɝ/
EL-uh-vay-dur
/ˈɛlɪvˌeɪtɐ/
EL-i-vay-tuh

IPA Transcription

American English

/ˈɛɫəˌveɪtɝ/

British English

/ˈɛlɪvˌeɪtɐ/

Simplified Pronunciation

US

EL-uh-vay-dur

UK

EL-i-vay-tuh

Listen in Context

Hold the elevator, please—I'm coming!

I got stuck in the elevator for twenty minutes.

Let's take the elevator—I don't feel like climbing all those stairs.

We use the elevator to go to the tenth floor.