Phonetics

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Vowels
Consonants
Diphthongs
Other symbols

Pronunciations in the American English and Essential American English dictionary do not
use the 'long vowel' marker // and, in place of the syllable division marker /./, they use a
raised dot //.
Vowels
Long
Vowels

Short Vowels

shee
p

ship
hat

e head
above

farm

foot

(US)

sock
(UK)

worm (US)

cup

coo
hors
e
bird

Consonants
Voiced

Voiceless

b
d

book

visio
n

jump

p pen
t town
k cat
f fish
think
s say
she
t chees
e

day
give
very
the
zoo

mother


l
r
j
w

look
run
yes
we
moo

mn
n

nam
e

sing

Diphthongs

e
a

day
eye
boy
mouth
nose (UK)
nose (US)
ear (UK)
hair (UK)
pure (UK)

Other symbols

/hnd/

/kws./

/hp.i/

/bt./

/n.flu
en.z/

hand
croissant (UK)
happy
butter (US)

influenza

/lt.l/

little

l, m, n can be pronounced either: l or l etc.:

/leb.l/ = /leb.l/ or /leb.l /
r

linking r is pronounced only before a vowel in British

English:

fr + p.lz = frp.lz
four + apples = four apples

main stress

/ek.spekte.n/ expectation

secondary stress

/ritell/ retell

syllable division

/ss.tm/ system