Phonetic transcription
The Carnegie Mellon University Pronouncing Dictionary
is a pronunciation dictionary for North American English that contains over 100,000
words and their transcriptions.
Copyright 1998 by Carnegie Mellon University.
| Phoneme |
Example |
Phonetic transcription |
| aa |
odd |
aa d |
| æ |
at |
æ t |
| a |
hut |
h a t |
| ao |
ought |
ao t |
| aw |
cow |
k aw |
| ay |
hide |
h ay d |
| er |
hurt |
h er t |
| e |
ed |
e d |
| ey |
ate |
ey t |
| i |
it |
i t |
| i: |
eat |
i: t |
| ow |
oat |
ow t |
| oy |
toy |
t oy |
| u: |
two |
t u: |
| uh |
hood |
h uh d |
| y |
yield |
y i: l d |
|
|
|
| ch |
cheese |
ch i: z |
| jh |
gee |
jh i: |
| sh |
she |
sh i: |
| zh |
seizure |
s i: zh er |
|
| Phoneme |
Example |
Phonetic transcription |
| b |
be |
b i: |
| d |
dee |
d i: |
| f |
fee |
f i: |
| g |
green |
g r i: n |
| h |
he |
h i: |
| k |
key |
k i: |
| l |
lee |
l i: |
| m |
me |
m i: |
| n |
knee |
n i: |
| p |
pee |
p i: |
| r |
read |
r i: d |
| s |
sea |
s i: |
| t |
tea |
t i: |
| v |
vee |
v i: |
| w |
we |
w i: |
| z |
zee |
z i: |
|
|
|
| ð |
thee |
ð i: |
| Þ |
theta |
Þ ey t a |
| ng |
ping |
p i ng |
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Thanks to Jerry Quinn, local changes by <frank.richter@hrz.tu-chemnitz.de>
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