English spellings/Catalogs/Retro U
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This page lists pronunciations of English words that end in U. The list is in retroalphabetical order, that is, alphabetically beginning with the final letter of the word (in this case U) and continuing backwards through it.
The apostrophe is treated as the last letter of the alphabet, after Z. Click on the blue "Catalogs" link below the article title for a pronunciation key.[e]
after a consonant: -û
*táblô tábleau
*byoôrô bûreau
trûe sô = troûsseau
*pláttô pláteau
Êsåu
Nássåu
silent u in Guínea; rhyming with hòw: Guínea Bíssàù
Málibu
Z- Xánadu
Kathmandû *Cát-mán-do
haîku
chimney flûe = illness flû
*êemyoô êmu
*noô, although perhaps more famous as 'gənû' in the Flanders and Swann song: gnû
vénue rhymes with ménu
cáriboû
Wag- Ouagadoûgoû
thòu
loô = Loû
Perû
gùru
Uhùru