The pronunciations given are those in use in the educated speechof southern England (The so-called ‘Received Standard’),and the keywords given are to be understood as pronounced in suchspeech.
I. Consonants
b, d, f, k, l, m, n, p, t, v, z have their usual Englishvalues
Symbol
Example
Keyboard equivalent
g
as in
go /g/
g
h
...
ho! /h/
h
r
...
run /rn/, terrier/tr(r)/
r
(r)
...
her/h(r)/
(r)
s
...
see /si/, success/skss/
s
w
...
wear /w(r)/
w
hw
...
when /hwn/
hw
j
...
yes /js/
j
...
thin /n/, bath/b/
T
...
then /n/, bathe /be/
D
...
shop /p/, dish/d/
S
t
...
chop /tp/, ditch/dt/
tS
...
vision /vn/, déjeuner /dene/
Z
d
...
judge /dd/
dZ
...
singing/s/, think /k/
N
g
...
finger /fg(r)/
Ng
FOREIGN AND NON-SOUTHERN
as in
Italian serraglio /serrao/
F
...
French cognac /kak/
J
x
...
German ach/ax/,Scots loch/lx/, Spanish frijoles/frixoles/
x
ç
...
German ich/ç/, Scotsnicht /nçt/
C
...
North German sagen /zan/
G
c
...
Afrikaans baardmannetjie /bartmanci/
c
...
French cuisine /kizin/
H
Symbols in parentheses are used to denote elements that may beomitted either by individual speakers or in particular phoneticcontexts: e.g. bottle/bt()l/,Mercian/m()n/,suit/s(j)ut/, impromptu/mprm(p)tju/,father/f(r)/.
II. Vowels and Diphthongs
SHORT
as in
pit /pt/, -ness/ns/
I
...
pet /pt/, French sept/st/
E
æ
...
pat /pæt/
{
...
putt /pt/
V
...
pot /pt/
Q
...
put /pt/
U
...
another /n(r)/
@
()
...
beaten /bit()n/
(@)
i
...
French si/si/
i
e
...
French bébé/bebe/
e
a
...
French mari /mari/
a
...
French bâtiment /btim/
A
...
French homme /m/
O
o
...
French eau/o/
o
ø
...
French peu/pø/
2
...
French boeuf /bf/, coeur /kr/
9
u
...
French douce /dus/
u
Y
...
German Müller /mYlr/
Y
y
...
French du/dy/
y
LONG
i
as in
bean /bin/
i:
...
barn /bn/
A:
...
born /bn/
O:
u
...
boon /bun/
u:
...
burn /bn/
3:
e
...
German Schnee/ne/
e:
...
German Fähre /fr/
E:
a
...
German Tag /tak/
a:
o
...
German Sohn /zon/
o:
ø
...
German Goethe /gøt/
2:
y
...
German grün /gryn/
y:
NASAL
,
as in
French fin/f, f/
E~, {~
...
French franc /fr/
A~
...
French bon/b/
O~
...
French un//
9~
DIPHTHONGS, etc.
e
as in
bay/be/
eI
a
...
buy/ba/
aI
...
boy/b/
OI
...
no/n/
@U
a
...
now/na/
aU
...
peer /p(r)/
I@
...
pair /p(r)/
E@
...
tour /t(r)/
U@
...
boar /b(r)/
O@
a
...
fiery /far/
aI@
a
...
sour /sa(r)/
aU@
The incidence of main stress is shown by a superior stress mark() preceding the stressed syllable,and a secondary stress by an inferior stress mark (), e.g. accentuation/æksntjuen/.
When searching pronunciations, thesuperior stress mark () has a doublequotation mark (') as its keyboard equivalent, andthe inferior stress mark () hasthe percentage symbol (%) as its keyboardequivalent.
/
n/
t
r
(r)/
p/
ne/
/
), e.g. accentuation