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Pronunciation guide

The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is used to show how the words are pronounced.

IPA Symbols

Vowel sounds

aː calm, ball, dark

( xː when the symbol ‘’ ː ’’ follows a vowel symbol, it means that the vowel is pronounced longer. )

æ act, mass, cat, sad, bad, hand

aɪ dive, cry, five

aɪə (British English phonetics) fire, tyre faɪr / taɪr (American English phonetics)

aʊ out, down, mouse, shout

aʊə (British English phonetics) flour, sour flaʊr / saʊr (American English phonetics)

e met, lend, pen, ten

eɪ say, weight, clay, hay

eə (British English phonetics) fair, care fer / ker (American English phonetics)

ɪ fit, win, sin, pin, will, bin

iː seem, me, bee, see, keep

ɪə (British English phonetics) near, beard nɪr / bɪrd (American English phonetics)

ɒ lot, spot, top, God

oʊ note, coat, boat

ɔː claw, more

ɔɪ boy, joint, toy

ʊ put, stood

uː loot, soon, moon

ʊə(British English phonetics) pure pjʊr (American English phonetics) ( jʊ / jə you)

ɜ: turn, third, nurse

ʌ fund, must, cup, bus

ə the first vowel in about


Consonant Sounds

b bed, bat

d done, red

f fit, if

g good, dog

h hat, horse

j yellow, you

k king, pick

l lip, bill

m mat, man

n not, tan

p pay, tip

r run, read

s soon, bus

t talk, bet

v van, love

w win, wool

x box, fox

z zoo, buzz

ʃ ship, wish

ʒ measure, leisure

η sing, working

tʃ cheap, witch

θ thin, myth

ð then, though

dʒ joy, bridge

Notes Primary and secondary stress are shown by marks above and below the line, in front of the stressed
syllable. For example, in the word abbreviation,/ə,briːviˈeɪʃən/, the second syllable has secondary stress and the
fourth syllable has primary stress. We do not normally show pronunciations for compound words (words which
are made up of more than one word). Pronunciations for the words that make up the compounds are usually
found at their entries at other parts of the dictionary. However, compound words do have stress markers.

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