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Key to the Pronunciations
This dictionary uses a simple respelling system to show how entries are pro-
nounced, using the symbols listed below. Generally, only the first of two or more
identical headwords will have a pronunciation respelling. Where a derivative simply
adds a common suffix such as -less, -ness, or -ly to the headword, the derivative
may not have a pronunciation respelling unless some other element of the
pronunciation also changes.
æ
as in
hat|
hæt
|, fashion |
"fæSH@n
|, carry |
"kære
-
|
a
-
as in
day |
da
-
|, rate |
ra
-
t
|, maid |
ma
-
d
|, prey |
pra
-
|
ä
as in
lot |
lät
|, father |
"fäT
-
H
-
@r
|, barnyard |
"bärn%yärd
|
b
as in
big |
big
|
CH
as in
church |
CH@rCH
|, picture |
"pikCH@r
|
d
as in
dog |
dôg
|, bed |
bed
|
e
as in
men |
men
|, bet |
bet
|, ferry |
"fere
-
|
e
-
as in
feet |
fe
-
t
|, receive |
ri"se
-
v
|
er
as in
air |
er
|, care |
ker
|
@
as in
about |
@"bowt
|, soda |
"so
-
d@
|, mother |
"m@T
-
H
-
@r
|, person |
"p@rs@n
|
f
as in
free |
fre
-
|, graph |
græf
|, tough |
t@f
|
g
as in
get |
get
|, exist |
ig"zist
|, egg |
eg
|
h
as in
her |
h@r
|, behave |
bi"ha
-
v
|
i
as in
fit |
fit
|, guild |
gild
|, women |
"wimin
|
l
-
as in
time |
t
l
-
m
|, guide |
g
l
-
d
|, hire |
h
l
-
r
|, sky |
sk
l
-
|
ir
as in
ear |
ir
|, beer |
bir
|, pierce |
pirs
|
j
as in
judge |
j@j
|, carriage |
"kærij
|
k
as in
kettle |
"ket
-
l
|, cut |
k@t
|, quick |
kwik
|
l
as in
lap |
læp
|, cellar |
"sel@r
|, cradle |
"kra
-
dl
|
m
as in
main |
ma
-
n
|, dam |
dæm
|
n
as in
need |
ne
-
d
|, honor |
"än@r
|, maiden |
"ma
-
dn
|
NG
as in
sing |
siNG
|, anger |
"æNGg@r
|
o
-
as in
go |
go
-
|, promote |
pr@"mo
-
t
|
ô
as in
law |
lô
|, thought |
THôt
|, lore |
lôr
|
oi
as in
boy |
boi
|, noisy |
"noize
-
|
oo
˘
as in
wood |
woo
˘
d
|, football |
"foo
˘
t%bôl
|, sure |
SHoo
˘
r
|
oo
-
as in
food |
foo
-
d
|, music |
"myoo
-
zik
|
ow
as in
mouse |
mows
|, coward |
"kow(-@)rd
|
p
as in
put |
poo
˘
t
|, cap |
kæp
|
r
as in
run |
r@n
|, fur |
f@r
|, spirit |
"spirit
|
s
as in
sit |
sit
|, lesson |
"les@n
|, face |
fa
-
s
|
SH
as in
shut |
SH@t
|, social |
"so
-
SH@l
|, action |
"ækSH@n
|
t
as in
top |
täp
|, seat |
se
-
t
|
t
-
as in
butter |
"b@tt
-
@r
|, forty |
"fôrt
-
e
-
|, bottle |
"bät
-
l
|
TH
as in
thin |
THin
|, truth |
troo
-
TH
|
T
-
H
-
as in
then |
T
-
H
-
en
|, father |
"fäT
-
H
-
@r
|
v
as in
never |
"nev@r
|, very |
"vere
-
|
w
as in
wait |
wa
-
t
|, quit |
kwit
|
(h)w
as in
when |
(h)wen
|, which |
(h)wiCH
|
y
as in
yet |
yet
|, accuse |
@"kyoo
-
z
|
z
as in
zipper |
"zip@r
|, musician |
myoo
-
"ziSH@n
|
ZH
as in
measure |
"meZH@r
|, vision |
"viZH@n
|
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