IPA Transcription of "descent" in American English

The American English IPA transcription of “descent” is /dɪˈsɛnt/.

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descentdɪˈsɛnt

Dialect Variants

DialectIPAPOS
English (Australia)/dəˈsent/
English (United Kingdom)/dɪˈsɛnt/

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