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'''UÈFA''' *yu-wâfə
'''UÈFA''' *yu-wâfə


'''uhúh
'''úh ôh''' two words
 
'''uhúh''' one word


'''Uìghur''' *Wêeger, rhyming with '''Sêeger
'''Uìghur''' *Wêeger, rhyming with '''Sêeger

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Use in English
Alphabetical word list
Retroalphabetical list  
Common misspellings  


This page lists pronunciations of English words that begin with U. To see a different letter navigate with the table above. The apostrophe is treated as the last letter of the alphabet, after Z.

For a pronunciation key, click on the blue "Catalogs" link below the article title.[e]


Û = yoû person

UÈFA *yu-wâfə

úh ôh two words

uhúh one word

Uìghur *Wêeger, rhyming with Sêeger

ukelèlê yû-

Ukrâine Yû-; -âine, not -âne

umbílical

ún- not hyphenated

úndergròund adjective before noun, metro, one word; otherwise under gròund

underrâted -rr-

understánd one word

undertâke

únder wây or únderwây

undo

ÛNICEF YÛ-

únidéntified

ûnít yû-

unîte yû-

Ûnîted Stâtes Yû-; three syllables: foreign learners should avoid inserting a schwa between the two words

unknôwn - silent k, so lengthened 'double' n sounded

unnôticed - two n’s sounded

unprécedented

upón on, time, cf. úp ón

úprŏar

ür- original = ër pause

Ûral Yû-

Urálic Yû-

Urânus *Yərânəss: *Yùrənəss is a euphemism

ürban town

urbâne civilised

ürchin

Ürdu

ûríne yû-

urînal yû-

ürn ashes = ëarn money = ërne eagle

Ürquhart -quh- *Ürkət, *Ürcàrt, *Ïrk-heàrt

Ùruguay Yù-

ÛS America *yû-wéss, cf. ús we

ûse noun *yoôss as in ẁhat ís the ûse? verb *yoôz as in ûse mîne

ûsed use *yoôzd as in ûsed cars; habituated *yoôst as in Î’m ûsed to thát and wê ûsed to gô thére

Ûtàh *yû-

Utôpia Yû- cf. eûlogy, also yû-