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'''Â''' ''letter'' = '''èh?''' ''what?'' (names of letters are usually written as capitals in text: '''the létter Â''', '''ín B-flát mâjor''', etc.) | |||
[[ | '''a''' ''article'' *ə: [[schwa]] = '''uh'''. It can be a strong form '''â''', like the name of the letter '''Â''', but this is almost always unnecessary and pompous-sounding, and is typical of politicians and the like; it can however be used for emphasis, meaning 'one', as for example of a tennis player trailing 4-6 2-0: '''At lêast hê lêads ín ''â'' sét.''' (The British weak form of '''àre''' is also *ə.) | ||
'''Â-sîde | |||
'''àaah''' ''sentiment'' ≈ '''àaargh''' ''disgust'' (to both more '''a''''s may be added) ≈ '''àh''' ''response'' | |||
'''àardvark''' | |||
'''Ãaron''' BrE; AmE '''Áaron''' = '''Árron''' = '''[[Isle of Arran|Árran]]''' ''Isle''; also '''Ãron'''/'''Áron''' | |||
'''[[Aaron Copland|Áaron'''/'''Ãaron Côpland]]''' | |||
'''ábacus | |||
'''abándoned''': not -nned | |||
'''[[ABBA|Ábba]]''', normal name case in English;<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/4366574.stm Abba win 'Eurovision 50th' vote] ''BBC News,'' 23 October 2005. Retrieved 1 August 2007.</ref> Abba themselves use all upper case, preferably with the first B reversed to make symmetrical sense as it's an acronym of their first names | |||
'''Abbàs''' | |||
'''ábbey''' = '''Ábbey''' = '''Ábby''' | |||
'''Ábbottabad''' or '''Abbóttabad | |||
'''ABC''' ''alphabet'' *Ây-Bêe-Cêe (not to mention *Dêe-Êe-éF-Gêe-âitcH-Î-Jây-Kây-éL-éM-éN-Ô-Pêe-Queûe-àR-éSs-Têe-yÛ-Vêe-dúblyeŴ-éX-wŶe-Zéd/Zêe) | |||
'''ábdomen''' | |||
'''abdóminal''' | |||
'''Âbe''' ''Abraham'', '''Àbè''' ''Shinzo'' | |||
'''Aberdêen''' | |||
'''Aberfán''' *Áber-ván, per [[Welsh language|Welsh]] | |||
'''áberrant''' *ábberant, or '''abérrant''', cf. '''érrant | |||
'''aberrâtion''' | |||
'''Aberýstwýth''' | |||
'''abét''' | |||
'''abhŏr''' | |||
'''abhórrent''' ('''h''' may be silent) | |||
'''ábject''' cf. '''óbject''', '''objéct''' | |||
'''âble''' ''capable'' = '''Âbel''' ''person'' | |||
'''abòut''' = '''a bòut''' ''boxing'' *əbòut | |||
'''abòut-türn | |||
'''abòve''' | |||
'''abrǒad''' | |||
'''ábscéss''' (-'''bsc'''-) | |||
'''ábsèil''' cf. '''sâil | |||
'''ábsence''' | |||
'''ábsent''', cf. '''in abséntia''' | |||
'''absŏrb | |||
'''absŏrption | |||
'''abstâin''' | |||
'''absténtion''' | |||
'''ábstinence''' | |||
'''abstrûse''' -ss | |||
'''abûse''' noun, -ss; verb, -z | |||
'''abúzz | |||
'''abýsmal''' -zməl | |||
'''abýss''' | |||
'''ácadême''' | |||
'''acadêmia''' | |||
'''académic''' | |||
'''acádemy''' | |||
'''accêde''' ''accession'' ≈ '''excêed''' ''more | |||
'''accélerate''' əx-, cf. '''excél''', '''éxcellent | |||
'''áccent''' áx- | |||
'''accéntuate''' -x- | |||
'''accépt''' ''receive'' əx-, cf. '''excépt''' ''exception'' íx- ([[minimal pair]]) | |||
'''accéptable | |||
'''áccess''' ''noun'' *áxéss, cf. '''áxis''' centre ([[minimal pair]]), '''áxes''' ''axe'' *axiz | |||
'''accéss''' ''verb'' *əxéss, cf. '''excéss''', *ixéss ([[minimal pair]]) | |||
'''áccident''' áx- | |||
'''accidéntally''' áx- | |||
'''acclâim''' = '''a clâim''' | |||
'''áccolade''' | |||
'''accómmodate''': two '''c''''s and two '''m''''s | |||
'''accòmpaniment''' | |||
'''accòmpany''' | |||
'''accòmplíce''' ''person'' BrE; AmE '''accómplíce''' | |||
'''accòmplísh''' ''achieve'' BrE; AmE '''accómplísh''' | |||
'''accoûtrement | |||
'''Accrà''' | |||
'''accrédited | |||
'''accrûe''' cf. '''acróss''' | |||
'''accürsed''' *accürsid | |||
'''âce''' | |||
'''acërbic''' cf. '''ascertâin | |||
'''âche''' *âke | |||
'''achìêve''' | |||
'''acknówledge''' *əc-nólij | |||
'''ácmê''' | |||
'''ácnê''' | |||
'''ácolŷte | |||
'''acquiésce''' *ákwì-éss, cf. '''quiéscent''' *kwì-éssent, '''quîet''' *kwîət | |||
'''acquîre''' *aquîre | |||
'''acquít''' | |||
'''âcreage''' *âkerage | |||
'''ácrimony''' | |||
'''ácronym | |||
'''Acrópolis | |||
'''acróss''' cf. '''accrûe | |||
'''áctual''' *ákchəl | |||
'''ácûmen''' *ákyəmən, cf. '''áccurate''' *ákyərət | |||
'''ácupuncture''' | |||
'''ádage''' | |||
'''adàgio''' -jô | |||
'''adaptâtion''', cf. '''adóption | |||
'''ádd''' ''more'' = '''ád''' ''advertisement'' | |||
'''Áddis''' '''Ábaba''' | |||
'''ádditive''' | |||
'''addíctive''' | |||
'''addréss''' BrE = '''a dréss'''; AmE '''áddress | |||
'''Adéle | |||
'''Âden''' ''Yemen'' = '''Âidan''' ''person'' | |||
'''adhêre''' ('''d''' and '''h''' pronounced separately) | |||
'''adhêsive''' ('''d''' and '''h''' pronounced separately) | |||
'''ád hóc''', two words | |||
'''ád infinîtum''', cf. '''ínfinite''', '''infínitive | |||
'''ádjective''' cf. '''ejécted''' | |||
'''adjöurn''' | |||
'''adjúst''' *ajúst | |||
'''admínistrate''' | |||
'''administrâtion''' | |||
'''admínistrative'''; some AmE '''administrâtive''' | |||
'''admîre''' | |||
'''ádmirable''' *ádmrbl | |||
'''ád nåusêám''' (-ziám) or pronounced, but not spelt *ád nåusêum (-ziəm) | |||
'''adôbê''' | |||
'''Ádolf''' = '''Ádolph'''; some AmE: '''Âdolf''' | |||
'''adóption | |||
'''adrénalín''', '''adrénaline | |||
<nowiki>*</nowiki>adréss '''addréss | |||
'''ádult''' BrE; AmE '''adúlt | |||
'''adúltery | |||
'''advānce''' | |||
'''ádvent''' | |||
'''advénture''' | |||
'''ádversary''' -vəsrỳ or '''advërsary | |||
'''ádvërt''' | |||
'''ádvertise''' pronounced, but never spelt -îze | |||
'''ádvertîsement''' AmE *ádvertîzemənt, like the verb, above | |||
'''advërtísement''' BrE *ədvërtíssmənt | |||
'''advîce''' ''noun'' -ss | |||
'''advîse''' ''verb'' pronounced but never spelt -îze | |||
'''advîser''' = '''advîsor''' (alternatives) | |||
'''ádze''', '''ádz''' ''tool'' = '''áds''' ''adverts'' | |||
'''Aêgêan''' *Êjêən | |||
'''ãerial''' ''air'' = '''Ãriel''' ''person | |||
'''ãerie''' ''bird'' = '''ãiry''' ''light'' and = variant spellings of bird: '''ãerie''' = '''éyrie''' = '''éyry | |||
'''ãeroplane''' BrE; AmE '''ãirplane | |||
'''Aêschylus''' BrE; AmE Êschylus *Êeskiləss | |||
'''aêsthétics''' AmE '''ê'''- | |||
'''afféct''' ''alter'' cf. '''efféct''' ''result'' í- or = '''afféct''' | |||
'''áffect''' ''emotion'' | |||
'''afféctive''' ''emotional'' cf. '''efféctive''' ''resultant'' | |||
'''áffidâvit''' | |||
'''áffluent | |||
'''affrònt''' cf. '''effròntery | |||
'''Afghánistān''' Áf-gán- (-wán-, -hán- -wàn-, etc. are local pronunciations) | |||
'''Áfghán''' cf. '''Áfrican''' -ən | |||
'''aficionàdo''' -físh- or -físsy- | |||
'''afrâid''' | |||
'''afrésh''' ''anew'' (adverb) = '''a frésh''' | |||
'''África''' | |||
'''Afrikàans''' -ànce | |||
'''Afrikàner''' | |||
'''āfter''' | |||
'''āfterthŏught''' -åwt, one word | |||
'''āfterward''' AmE, BrE '''āfterwards''' | |||
'''āfterwörd''' ''preface'' | |||
'''again''', '''against''': both have -én, but for some speakers there is a regular [[spelling pronunciation]]: '''agâin''', '''agâinst | |||
'''agâpe''' ''gaping'' | |||
'''ágapê''' ''eros'' | |||
'''ággravate | |||
'''aggréssion | |||
'''aggriêved | |||
'''âge''' cf. '''édge''': Francophones beware | |||
'''âged''': as in '''âged 20''', pronounced *âyjd; when meaning ''old'' before a noun ('''an âged mán'''), *âyjíd | |||
'''âgeing''' (BrE), '''âging''' (AmE), *âjing | |||
'''âgeist''' *âjist | |||
'''âge-ôld''' hyphenated | |||
'''ágîle''' | |||
'''agô''' | |||
'''ágora''' | |||
'''ágriculture''' | |||
'''àh''' ''response'' ≈ '''àaah''' ''sentiment'' ≈ '''àaargh''' ''disgust'' (in the latter cases more '''a''''s may be added) | |||
'''ahà''' | |||
'''ahem''': [[schwa]]s | |||
'''Àhmad Jamál | |||
'''âid''' ''help'' = '''âide''' ''assistant''; '''Âids''' or '''ÂIDS''' ''disease'' = '''âids''', '''âides''' ''plurals'' | |||
'''Âids''' or '''ÂIDS''' ''disease'' = '''âids''', '''âides''' ''plurals'' | |||
'''ãir''' ''breathe'' = '''Ãyr''' ''Scotland'' = '''ére''' ''before'' = '''é’er''' ''ever'' = '''héir''' ''estate'' = [[Jane Eyre|'''Éyre''' ''Jane'']] = '''Ãire''' ''river''; AmE '''ãir''' = AmE '''érr''', cf. BrE '''ërr''' *üh | |||
'''ãiry''' ''light'' = all four spellings of '''éyrie''' = '''éyry''' = '''ãerie''' = '''ãery''' ''bird'', cf. '''êerie''' ''strange'' | |||
'''aîsle''' ''walking space'' = '''îsle''' ''island'' | |||
'''Âix''' ''France'' = '''âches''' ''ache'' | |||
aj-: most words that sound as if they start like this actually have '''adj'''- | |||
'''Ajáccio''' *Azháxio | |||
'''Àjáx''' ''Amsterdam'' *Àyáx | |||
'''Âjáx''' ''person'' | |||
'''áka''' or '''ákà''' (can be capitals), acronym of '''ålso knôwn as''' | |||
'''Ál''' ''Alan, etc.'' cf. '''åll''' ''total | |||
'''Ál''' ''Arabic'' may be hyphenated to following capital-letter word in Arabic name; may also be '''ál''' | |||
'''à là''' ('''''à la''''') | |||
'''Alabáma''' ('''Á'''): one '''m''', cf. '''Montána''', '''Louisiána | |||
'''Aláddin''' | |||
'''Álan''' (usually a given name) = '''Állen''' (usually a surname) = '''Állan''' (least common) | |||
'''alás''' | |||
'''Álawite''' | |||
'''Albânia''' ('''Á''') | |||
'''Ålbany''' | |||
'''albêdo | |||
'''albêit''' *åll bê ít, cf. '''sô bê ít | |||
'''Álbert''' | |||
'''albìno | |||
'''Álbion''' | |||
'''Albuquërquê''' *Álbə-kïrky | |||
'''Aldébaran''' | |||
'''Åldwých''' *åll dwítch | |||
'''âle''' ''beer'' = '''âil''' ''ailing'' | |||
'''Álfa Romèo''', cf. '''álpha''', '''Rômêo | |||
'''Álfred''' | |||
'''álgaê''' *áljê or *álgy | |||
'''Algàrve | |||
'''álgorithm''' rhymes with '''rhýthm | |||
'''Áli''' = '''Álly''' = '''Álley''' = '''álley''' ''walk'', although '''Muhámmad Alì''' ''boxer'' is often pronounced *Àh-lêe; cf. '''állŷ''' *állîe ''friend'' | |||
'''âlias''' *âlius, cf. '''Alîas''' ''Don'' | |||
'''álibî''' | |||
'''Álíce''' = '''Álliss | |||
'''âlien''' | |||
'''alienâtion''' | |||
'''alîgn''' = '''a lîne''', cf. '''állŷ''' ''friend'', '''állêy''' ''way'' | |||
'''alîgned''' *allîned, cf. '''állied''' | |||
'''Álison''' = '''Állison''', probably the former more common as given name, the latter as family name | |||
'''Álistair''' = '''Álastair | |||
'''alîve''' | |||
'''åll''' ''every'' = '''åwl''' ''tool'', cf. '''Ál''' ''name'' | |||
'''allegâtions''' *allogations | |||
'''allége''' cf. '''lédge''', etc. | |||
'''alléged''' *aléjd | |||
'''allégedly''' *aléjidly | |||
'''allêle | |||
'''allelûia''' or '''allelûja''' or '''allelûya''' | |||
'''állêy''' ''path'' = '''Áli''' ''person'', cf. '''állŷ | |||
'''allîance | |||
'''álligâtor''' | |||
'''allót''' ''assign'' = '''a lót''' ''much''; cf. '''Állott | |||
'''åll-òut''' ''total'' before noun needs hyphen | |||
'''allòwed''' ''permitted'' = '''alòud''' ''heard'' | |||
'''álloy''' | |||
'''åll-stàr''' is an adjective, so needs hyphen | |||
'''allûde''' əl-, cf. '''elûde''', əl- or íl- | |||
'''allûsion''', əl-, cf. '''illûsion''', '''íl'''- | |||
'''állŷ''' ''friend'', cf. '''Álly''' = '''Álì''' = '''állêy''' | |||
'''allŷ''' ''verb'' = '''a lîe''', cf. '''alîgn''' = '''a lîne''' | |||
'''ålmanac''' | |||
'''àlmond''' *àhmənd | |||
'''ålmost''' | |||
'''àlms''' ''gift'' = BrE '''àrms''' ''body, weapons'' | |||
'''álôe | |||
'''alône | |||
'''alóngsîde''' one word | |||
'''a lót''' ''many'' = '''allót''' ''assign'' (*alót) | |||
'''a lót of''' ''many'' (*əlótəv) | |||
'''alòud''' ''audible'' = '''allòwed''' ''permitted'' | |||
'''Aloýsius''' *Aləwíshəss | |||
'''ál-Qàêda''' (or '''Ál-'''; also minus hyphen) *ál-Kŷda (rarely does one hear an anglophone sound or suggest the glottal stop that is present in the [[Arabic]]: *álkà-êda) | |||
'''alréady''' ''before'' = '''åll réady''' ''ready'' | |||
'''alrîght''' = '''åll rîght''': the single-word form presumably arose by analogy with '''alréady''' and '''ålways''', but it is widely regarded as unacceptable: does it mean ''all correct'', or ''satisfactory''? "Their answers were alright" would appear to be an incorrect rendering of "their answers were all right/all correct", but it may merely mean "their answers were acceptable", and it is this needless ambiguity that gains the one-word version its detractors | |||
'''Alsâtian''' | |||
'''ålso''' | |||
'''ålt-''' | |||
'''ålter''' ''change'' = '''åltar''' ''church'' | |||
'''álter êgo''' | |||
<nowiki>*</nowiki>altêrior '''ultêrior | |||
'''altërnate''' BrE; AmE '''ålternate''' ''adjective'' | |||
'''ålternâte''' ''verb'' | |||
'''altërnatíve''' | |||
'''althôugh''' *åll-dhô | |||
'''álto''' | |||
'''áltruism | |||
'''alumínium''' BrE; AmE '''alûminum''' | |||
'''alúmnus''' | |||
'''alvêolar''' | |||
'''ålways ''' ''ever'' cf. '''áll wâys''' ''methods, styles | |||
'''Álzheîmer's''' is probably the most common British pronunciation, '''Å'''- ditto in AmE; also, '''À'''- | |||
'''ám''' ''be'' | |||
'''âm''' ''morning (ante meridian)'' *â-ém = '''a.m.''' (lower case) | |||
'''amanuénsis''', cf. '''Emmánuel''' | |||
'''ámateur''' *ámətər; AmE can be '''amateûr''' | |||
'''amâze | |||
'''Ámazon | |||
'''ambássador''' cf. '''émbassy | |||
'''ámbergrìs''' BrE, AmE '''ámbergrís'''; '''s''' may be silent | |||
'''ámbiance''' | |||
'''ámbient''' | |||
'''ambíguous | |||
'''ambigûity | |||
'''ambítious''' *ámbíshəss | |||
'''amén''' BrE '''à''', AmE '''â | |||
'''amênable | |||
'''aménd''' cf. '''comménd | |||
'''aménds''' ''make'' = '''eménds''' ''alters'' | |||
'''amênity''', AmE also '''aménity | |||
'''âmìable''' cf. '''âim | |||
'''ámícable''' | |||
'''amíss''' ''awry'', cf. '''Âmíss''', '''Âmís''' ''names'' | |||
'''Ammàn | |||
'''ammunítion''' *ámyù-níshən | |||
'''amnêsia''' | |||
'''ámnesty | |||
'''amók''' cf. '''amúck''', same meaning | |||
'''amòng''' | |||
'''amòunt''' | |||
'''an''' *ən: version of '''a''' before a consonant | |||
'''anáchronism''' -nákr- | |||
'''ânal | |||
'''ánalŷse''' ''verb'' *ánnəlîze | |||
'''ánalŷses''' ''verb'' and '''análysês''' ''noun'' *ənáləssêez are [[homophone|homographs]]; the first is the third person singular present tense of the verb (above), the second the plural of the noun (below) | |||
'''análysis''' ''noun'' *ənáləssís | |||
'''ánalýst''' | |||
'''anàrchic''' -kik | |||
'''ánarchist''' -kist | |||
'''ánarchy''' *ánə(r)kỳ | |||
'''anáthema | |||
'''áncestor''' | |||
'''ánchor''' -nk- | |||
'''ánchovy''' -ntsh- | |||
'''âncient''' | |||
'''áncillãry''' AmE, BrE '''ancíllary | |||
'''and''' *ənd, sometimes '''ánd''' for emphasis = '''&''' (the [[ampersand]], always unstressed and used in proprietory names, show business acts, etc.) | |||
'''Andalucìa''' (some say -thìa in imitation of the European Spanish pronunciation) | |||
'''andántè''' | |||
'''Ándês''' | |||
'''Andêan''' | |||
'''Ándhra Pradésh | |||
'''ánd ŏr''' ('and/or') is nowadays spoken and can be sometimes seen without the stroke inbetween | |||
'''Andórra''' BrE, AmE -'''ŏrr'''-, cf. '''Pandŏra''' | |||
'''Ándrêa''' (first of three syllables stressed) is an English girl's name; '''Andrèa''' (second of three) is a German boy's name; both end in [[schwa]]: -ə | |||
'''Andrómeda | |||
'''Ándreŵ''' | |||
'''anémonê''' *an-émeny, cf. '''an énemy''' | |||
'''Ánerley''' | |||
'''aneŵ''' ''afresh'' (adverb) = '''a neŵ''' | |||
'''ângel''' *ânjəl, cf. '''ángle | |||
'''Ángela''' | |||
'''Ángelô''' = '''Ángelôu''' ''Maya'', though '''Ángeloû''' is very common | |||
'''ánger''' BrE *áng-gə | |||
'''angîna''' *án-jînə | |||
'''ángle''' hard '''g''', cf. '''ângel''' *âynjl | |||
'''Ánglia | |||
'''ánglophone | |||
'''Ánglo-Sáxon | |||
'''Angôla''' | |||
'''ángry''' *áng-gry | |||
'''ángst''' | |||
'''Anguílla''' -gwí- | |||
'''Anguíllan''' -gwí- | |||
'''ánimè | |||
'''ánimus''' cf. '''ûnánimous''' | |||
'''áníse''' cf. '''Álíce''' ([[minimal pair]]) | |||
'''Anìta Ànand''' | |||
'''Ánkara''' | |||
<nowiki>*</nowiki>ánker is a misspelling of '''ánchor''' | |||
'''ánkle''' | |||
'''ánnals''' cf. '''ánalyst''' | |||
'''[[Kofi Annan|Ánnan]]''': second '''a''' as [[schwa]], rhymes with '''cánnon''', making a [[minimal pair]] with '''Árran''' (but widely mispronounced with the stress on the second syllable, perhaps by analogy with '''[[Amman|Ammàn]]''')<ref name="Crossette">{{Cite news|last=Crossette |first=Barbara |title=New U.N. Chief Promises Reforms but Says He Won't Cut Jobs |work=New York Times |date=10 January 1997 |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0CE1D81638F933A25752C0A961958260 |accessdate=25 February 2008}}</ref> | |||
'''annéx''' ''verb'' | |||
'''ánnex''' or '''ánnexe''' ''noun'' | |||
'''annîhilate''' *annîəlâte | |||
'''annúl''' cf. '''ánnal | |||
'''anŏint''' cf. '''annòunce | |||
'''anómaly''' | |||
'''anón''' ''soon'' = '''anón.''' ''anonymous'' | |||
'''ánonýmity''' | |||
'''anónymous''' | |||
'''anoréxia | |||
'''anòther''' one word | |||
'''[[Anschluss|ánschlùss]] | |||
'''ānswer''', silent '''w''': BrE *ànsə, AmE *ánsr | |||
'''antágonîse''', -'''ísm''', -'''íst | |||
'''Antananarìvo''' *Antána-narìvo | |||
'''Antàrctica''': first '''c''' can be silent | |||
'''ántê'''- ''before'' = BrE '''ántì''' ''against | |||
'''anténna | |||
'''anténnaê''' BrE = AmE '''anténnê''', though some BrE speakers, perhaps recalling school Latin, say -nàê (-nî) | |||
'''Ánthony''' ''usual'' = '''Ántony''' ''Mark'', -tə- | |||
'''ántì''' BrE (AmE '''ántî''') ''against'' = '''ántê'''- ''before''; '''prô''' and '''ánti''' are always hyphenated to a following word they modify: '''prô-wår''' and '''ánti-wår''' | |||
'''antibiótic''' | |||
'''ántícs''' | |||
'''ántidote''' | |||
'''antimacássar''' | |||
'''Antìgua''' *Án-têegə | |||
'''antípodês''' | |||
'''antìque''' *án-têek | |||
'''antirrhînum''' *antirŷnum | |||
'''antisemític''', '''anti-Semític''' ''anti-Jewish'' ([[Antisemitism|euphemism?]] "[[Semitic languages|Semitic]]" refers to a language group that includes [[Arabic language|Arabic]] and [[Amharic language|Amharic]] as well as [[Israel]]'s [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]]) | |||
'''antisémitism''' (or '''anti-Sémitism''', but what, then, is 'Semitism'?) | |||
'''Ántón''', cf. '''Ánthony''', '''Ántony | |||
'''anxîety''' *angzîəty | |||
'''ánxious''' *ángkshəss or *ángshəss | |||
'''any''' ''some'' *énny makes a [[minimal pair]] with '''Ánnie''' ''person'' | |||
'''anybody''' *énnybódy one word | |||
'''any mŏre''', '''anymŏre''' *énny-mŏre: the one-word form, restricted to the meaning ''no longer'', is [[American English]]: '''ít dòesn't mátter anymŏre''' | |||
'''anyone''' ''anybody'' *énnywún, one word; otherwise two: '''any òne îtem''', where '''òne''' is a numeral: cf. '''any thrêe óptions | |||
'''anyway''' ''despite'' one word, cf. where '''wây''' is a noun: '''any wây yoû loòk at ít''', '''dôn't chânge ít ín any wây''' | |||
'''ãorist''' | |||
'''apâce''' ''fast'' = '''a pâce''' ''step'' | |||
'''apàrt''' ''separate'' = '''a pàrt''' ''section'', hence '''apàrt from''' and ''' a pàrt of''' | |||
'''apàrtheîd''' -tîte or '''apàrthèid''' -tâte | |||
'''apéritìf''' either stressed | |||
'''aphêlion''' *əfêliən, *əp-hêliən | |||
'''âphid | |||
'''apìêce''' ''each'' one word = '''a pìêce''' ''part'' | |||
'''aplénty | |||
'''aplómb''' *əplóm | |||
'''apócalypse''' | |||
'''apócryphal''', cf. '''êpoch''' -óc, '''crýpt | |||
'''ápogêe''' -jì | |||
'''apólogîse''' ''verb'' | |||
'''apólogíes''' ''plural noun'' | |||
<nowiki>*</nowiki>apón '''upón | |||
'''apóstasy''' | |||
'''apóstate | |||
'''apóstle | |||
'''apóstrophê''' | |||
'''ápp''', abbreviation of '''applicátion'''; there is also a surname '''Ápps | |||
'''appål'''; AmE can be '''appåll''' | |||
'''[[Appalachia|Appalâchia]]''' -sh- or -'''ch'''-; or '''Appaláchia''' -'''ch'''- (though [[Frederick Delius|Delius]] pronounced it, and his musical work, [[Appalachia (Delius)|*Appalàkia]]) | |||
'''appålling''' | |||
'''apparátchik''' | |||
'''ápparâtus''' BrE either stressed (to children it can sound plural, ‘apperators’, like '''óperators'''); AmE '''apparátus | |||
'''appárel''' | |||
'''appárent | |||
'''appêar | |||
'''appêasement | |||
'''appêaser | |||
'''applåuse | |||
<nowiki>*</nowiki>appôse '''oppôse | |||
'''ápposíte''' | |||
'''apprôpriate''' ''adjective'', '''apprôpriâte''' ''verb'' | |||
'''approval''' -prû- | |||
'''approve''' -prû- | |||
'''âpricot | |||
'''à priŏrî''' two words | |||
'''àpriŏrísm''' one word | |||
'''apropôs''' *ápropô | |||
'''Aquãrius | |||
'''aquátic | |||
'''áqueduct''' | |||
'''áqueous | |||
'''Áquila | |||
<nowiki>*</nowiki>aquîre '''acquîre | |||
'''A&R''' *ayənàr | |||
'''ár'''- BrE is '''ãr'''- for some AmE speakers: '''ãrrogant''', etc. | |||
'''Árab''' ''adjective, person'', some AmE '''Ãrab''' | |||
'''Arâbian''' ''adjective'' | |||
'''Árabic''' ''language'', some AmE '''Ãrabic''' | |||
'''árable''' | |||
'''àrbíter | |||
'''àrbítrary | |||
'''àrc''' ''circle'' = '''Àrk''' ''Noah'' = '''Àrc''' ''Joan | |||
'''àrced''' ''arc'' *àrkt | |||
'''àrch''', '''ch''' sound, *àrtsh, unlike most of the following (the exceptions being the versions with '''bíshop''' and '''dêacon''') | |||
'''archâíc''' *àrkâyíc | |||
'''archângel''' àrk- | |||
'''archbíshop''' àrtch- | |||
'''archdêacon''' àrtch- | |||
'''archeólogy''' àrk- | |||
'''Archimêdês''' Àrk- | |||
'''archipélago''' àrk- | |||
'''àrchitect''' àrk- | |||
'''àrchive''' *àrkîve | |||
'''àrchivist''' *àrkîvist, *àrkəvist | |||
'''arcmínute''', '''arcsécond''' both one word | |||
'''Àrctic''' | |||
'''àre''' BrE = '''àh'''; BrE weak form = '''a''' weak form *ə; AmE weak form *r | |||
'''ãrêa''' ''space'' *ãrêə makes a [[minimal pair]] with '''ària''' ''song | |||
'''arêna''' | |||
'''Àrês''' ''Mars'', or = '''Ãríes'''/'''Ãriês''' ''Ram'', both -z | |||
'''Argentìna''', '''Àrgentîne''', '''Argentínian''' = '''Argentínean''' Àrj- | |||
'''àrgil''' ''clay'', soft '''g | |||
'''argot''' ''slang'' = '''Àrgo''' ''ship'' | |||
'''àrgue | |||
'''àrgument | |||
'''Argŷll''' ''Scotland'' = '''Argŷle''' ''elsewhere'', hard '''g | |||
'''ària''' ''opera'' cf. '''ãrea''' ''space | |||
'''Ãrian''' ''Arius'', ''Aries'' = '''Ãryan''' ''race'' | |||
'''Ariàna''' | |||
'''Àriàna Grànde''' AmE; BrE '''Áriàna Grándè''' | |||
'''Ariáne''' | |||
'''árid | |||
'''Ãríes''' -ríz | |||
'''áristocrát''' BrE; AmE '''arístocrát''' | |||
'''aristocrátic | |||
'''Aristóphanês''' | |||
'''Áristótle''' | |||
'''Àrk''' ''Noah'' = '''àrc''' ''circle'' = '''Àrc''' ''Joan | |||
'''Àrkansas''' BrE -såw, AmE -sà | |||
'''aròund''' = '''a ròund | |||
'''arrâign''' = '''a râin | |||
'''arrêars | |||
'''arrést | |||
'''arrhýthmic | |||
'''àrsenal''' *àrssnəl | |||
'''àrsenic''' *àrssníc | |||
'''àrson | |||
'''àrt''' ''artist'' = '''Àrt''' ''Arthur'' | |||
'''àrt déco''' or '''Àrt Déco''' (may retain French accent on '''é''') | |||
'''àrtefact''' BrE; AmE '''àrtifact | |||
'''artêsian''' ''well'' *àrtêzhən | |||
'''artifícial''' ''-shəl | |||
'''artisán''' ''art'' *àrtizán | |||
'''àrtist''' ''art'' | |||
'''artìste''' ''stage'' | |||
'''Ãryan''' ''race'' = '''Ãrian''' ''heresy'', ''Aries | |||
'''asbéstós | |||
'''ascénd''': derived words can be spelt with either '''a''' or '''e''': | |||
'''ascéndance''' or '''ascéndence | |||
'''ascéndancy''' or '''ascéndency | |||
'''ascéndant''' or '''ascéndent | |||
'''ascént''' ''climb'' = '''assént''' ''agree'' | |||
'''ascertâin''' cf. '''acërbic | |||
'''Áscot | |||
'''ÁSEAN''' or '''Ásean''' ''association'' *Ássián, cf. '''Âsian''' ''Asia'', *Âyzhən | |||
'''Áshlêy''' = '''Áshlêigh | |||
'''Âsia''' *Âsha or *Âzha | |||
'''ásinine''' áss- | |||
'''askānce | |||
'''áspartâme''' or '''aspàrtâme | |||
'''Ásperger's | |||
<nowiki>*</nowiki>áspéstóss '''asbéstos | |||
'''ásphalt | |||
'''asphýxiate | |||
'''áspirin''' ''medicine'' -spr-, cf. '''aspîring''' ''aspire | |||
'''Ássád''', first syllable stressed, making a minimal pair with '''ácid''' | |||
'''Assànge''' ''Julian'' -ànzh | |||
'''assássin''' has four '''s'''’s | |||
'''assént''' ''agree'' = '''ascént''' ''climb | |||
'''asséss | |||
'''ássét | |||
'''assîgn''' *əssîne = '''a sîgn | |||
'''assignâtion''' *ássíg-nâtion | |||
'''assîgnment''' *əssînemənt | |||
'''assuâge''' *əsswâge | |||
'''assûme''' *əssyûme | |||
'''assûre''' AmE -shûre, BrE –shůre | |||
'''ásterisk | |||
'''ásterism | |||
'''Ásterix | |||
'''ásthma''' *ássma | |||
'''asúnder | |||
'''as wéll''' two words | |||
'''asŷlum | |||
'''âte''' AmE; BrE *ét | |||
'''âthêíst''' cf. '''aesthétic | |||
'''at lêast''' two words | |||
'''átmosphêre''' | |||
'''atmosphéric''' | |||
'''átóll''', some AmE '''âtóll''' | |||
'''atône | |||
'''âtrium | |||
'''atrôcious''' -shəss | |||
'''atrócity | |||
'''áttaboy''' one word | |||
'''attáchè''' -áshây | |||
'''attácks''' = '''a táx | |||
'''atténtion''' *əténshən makes a [[minimal pair]] with '''ténsion''' | |||
'''Attíla''' *Atílla | |||
<nowiki>*</nowiki>attône: '''atône | |||
'''attörney | |||
'''attríbutable | |||
'''áttribute''' ''noun | |||
'''Auchinleck''' *Ókhinleck, *Áffleck | |||
'''Åuckland | |||
'''auctionêer''' åukshə- | |||
'''åudio | |||
'''auditǒrium | |||
'''augmént | |||
'''åugur''' = '''Åuger''' | |||
'''åugury''' | |||
'''augúst''' ''revered'' | |||
'''Åugust''' ''month'' | |||
'''[[Auld Lang Syne|Åuld Láng Sŷne]]''' (from [[Robert Burns]], [[Scots language|Scots]], "Old Long Since") or ...*Zŷne | |||
'''[[Aung San Suu Kyi| Àùng Sán Sûu Kyìi]]''' *Òwng Sán Sûe Chêe | |||
'''āunt''' ''uncle'' AmE = '''ánt''' ''insect'' | |||
'''au fâit''' *ô-fây | |||
'''au fónd''' *ô-fón, French nasal -'''ón | |||
'''au pãir''', '''ôp- | |||
'''åural''' ''ear'' = '''ŏral''' ''mouth'', by a coincidence of Latin, though the first may be pronounced '''àùral''' (*òwral) to distinguish it | |||
'''Aus''' ''Australia'' = '''Óz''' ''Wizard | |||
'''Àùschwitz''' *Òushvíts | |||
'''åuspices | |||
'''Aussie''' ''Australasian'' -z- = '''Óssy''' = '''Óssie''' ''persons'' | |||
'''Austen''' ''Jane'' = '''Austin''' ''car, Texas'' Ó- | |||
'''Austrâlia''' Ó- | |||
'''Austria''' Ó- | |||
'''åutarchy''' ''sovereignty'' = '''åutarky''' ''self-sufficiency'' | |||
'''authóritative''' BrE; AmE '''authŏritâtive | |||
'''authórity | |||
'''åutism''' | |||
'''àùtobàhn | |||
'''åutomobìle | |||
'''åutumn''' silent '''n''' | |||
'''autúmnal''', '''n''' sounded | |||
'''avâil''' = '''a vèil | |||
'''ávalānche | |||
'''ávant-gàrde''' ('''gàrde''' = '''guàrd''') hyphenated | |||
'''avénge''' | |||
'''avërt''' | |||
'''Áviemore | |||
'''avocàdo | |||
'''avŏid''' | |||
'''avoirdupŏis''' *ávədə-pŏiz | |||
'''aẁash''' ''with'' = '''a ẁash | |||
'''awây''' ''gone, going'' = '''a wây''' ''method, route'' = '''awêigh''' ''anchors | |||
'''åwe''' ''amaze'' = BrE '''ŏr''', etc. | |||
'''awêigh''' ''anchors'' = '''awây''' ''go'' | |||
'''åwesome | |||
'''åwestruck | |||
'''åwful | |||
'''awhîle''' ''adverb'' = '''a whîle''' ''noun''; the one-word form is often used incorrectly, as it can only be used after a verb, not after a preposition ('''ín''', '''āfter''', '''fŏr''' etc.); compare: '''línger awhîle''', '''stây awhîle''' with '''stây for a whîle''', '''hê'll bè hêre ín a whîle''', '''for a shŏrt whîle''', '''ít háppened a whîle báck''', '''ít's bêen a whîle | |||
'''åwkward''' *åwquəd | |||
'''åwl''' ''tool'' = '''åll''' ''total'' | |||
'''âwol''', '''ÂWOL | |||
'''awrŷ''' *ərî | |||
'''áxe''' ''chop'' BrE; AmE '''áx''' = '''ácts''' ''act'' (the plurals of '''áxe'''/'''áx''' and '''áxis''' have the same spelling, but different pronunciations, as follows) | |||
'''áxes''' ''axe'' -íz | |||
'''áxês''' ''axis'' -êz, cf. '''áccess | |||
'''áxis''' ''spin'' -íss | |||
'''áxle''' ''car'' = '''Áxel''' ''person'' | |||
'''Áxminster | |||
'''aŷe''' ''yes'' = '''eŷe''' ''see'' = '''Î''' ''me'' | |||
<nowiki>*</nowiki>Âyman '''Eâmonn''', cf. '''Hâyman''' | |||
'''[[Ayn Rand|Aŷn Ránd]] | |||
'''Ãyr''' ''Scotland'' = '''ãir''' ''breathe'' | |||
'''Ãyrshire | |||
'''Azerbaijàn''' Ázerbaî-jàn | |||
'''Azéri | |||
'''ázure''' -zh- | |||
==References== | |||
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This page lists pronunciations of English words that begin with A. 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]
 letter = èh? what? (names of letters are usually written as capitals in text: the létter Â, ín B-flát mâjor, etc.)
a article *ə: schwa = uh. It can be a strong form â, like the name of the letter Â, but this is almost always unnecessary and pompous-sounding, and is typical of politicians and the like; it can however be used for emphasis, meaning 'one', as for example of a tennis player trailing 4-6 2-0: At lêast hê lêads ín â sét. (The British weak form of àre is also *ə.)
Â-sîde
àaah sentiment ≈ àaargh disgust (to both more a's may be added) ≈ àh response
àardvark
Ãaron BrE; AmE Áaron = Árron = Árran Isle; also Ãron/Áron
ábacus
abándoned: not -nned
Ábba, normal name case in English;[1] Abba themselves use all upper case, preferably with the first B reversed to make symmetrical sense as it's an acronym of their first names
Abbàs
ábbey = Ábbey = Ábby
Ábbottabad or Abbóttabad
ABC alphabet *Ây-Bêe-Cêe (not to mention *Dêe-Êe-éF-Gêe-âitcH-Î-Jây-Kây-éL-éM-éN-Ô-Pêe-Queûe-àR-éSs-Têe-yÛ-Vêe-dúblyeŴ-éX-wŶe-Zéd/Zêe)
ábdomen
abdóminal
Âbe Abraham, Àbè Shinzo
Aberdêen
Aberfán *Áber-ván, per Welsh
áberrant *ábberant, or abérrant, cf. érrant
aberrâtion
Aberýstwýth
abét
abhŏr
abhórrent (h may be silent)
ábject cf. óbject, objéct
âble capable = Âbel person
abòut = a bòut boxing *əbòut
abòut-türn
abòve
abrǒad
ábscéss (-bsc-)
ábsèil cf. sâil
ábsence
ábsent, cf. in abséntia
absŏrb
absŏrption
abstâin
absténtion
ábstinence
abstrûse -ss
abûse noun, -ss; verb, -z
abúzz
abýsmal -zməl
abýss
ácadême
acadêmia
académic
acádemy
accêde accession ≈ excêed more
accélerate əx-, cf. excél, éxcellent
áccent áx-
accéntuate -x-
accépt receive əx-, cf. excépt exception íx- (minimal pair)
accéptable
áccess noun *áxéss, cf. áxis centre (minimal pair), áxes axe *axiz
accéss verb *əxéss, cf. excéss, *ixéss (minimal pair)
áccident áx-
accidéntally áx-
acclâim = a clâim
áccolade
accómmodate: two c's and two m's
accòmpaniment
accòmpany
accòmplíce person BrE; AmE accómplíce
accòmplísh achieve BrE; AmE accómplísh
accoûtrement
Accrà
accrédited
accrûe cf. acróss
accürsed *accürsid
âce
acërbic cf. ascertâin
âche *âke
achìêve
acknówledge *əc-nólij
ácmê
ácnê
ácolŷte
acquiésce *ákwì-éss, cf. quiéscent *kwì-éssent, quîet *kwîət
acquîre *aquîre
acquít
âcreage *âkerage
ácrimony
ácronym
Acrópolis
acróss cf. accrûe
áctual *ákchəl
ácûmen *ákyəmən, cf. áccurate *ákyərət
ácupuncture
ádage
adàgio -jô
adaptâtion, cf. adóption
ádd more = ád advertisement
Áddis Ábaba
ádditive
addíctive
addréss BrE = a dréss; AmE áddress
Adéle
Âden Yemen = Âidan person
adhêre (d and h pronounced separately)
adhêsive (d and h pronounced separately)
ád hóc, two words
ád infinîtum, cf. ínfinite, infínitive
ádjective cf. ejécted
adjöurn
adjúst *ajúst
admínistrate
administrâtion
admínistrative; some AmE administrâtive
admîre
ádmirable *ádmrbl
ád nåusêám (-ziám) or pronounced, but not spelt *ád nåusêum (-ziəm)
adôbê
Ádolf = Ádolph; some AmE: Âdolf
adóption
adrénalín, adrénaline
*adréss addréss
ádult BrE; AmE adúlt
adúltery
advānce
ádvent
advénture
ádversary -vəsrỳ or advërsary
ádvërt
ádvertise pronounced, but never spelt -îze
ádvertîsement AmE *ádvertîzemənt, like the verb, above
advërtísement BrE *ədvërtíssmənt
advîce noun -ss
advîse verb pronounced but never spelt -îze
advîser = advîsor (alternatives)
ádze, ádz tool = áds adverts
Aêgêan *Êjêən
ãerial air = Ãriel person
ãerie bird = ãiry light and = variant spellings of bird: ãerie = éyrie = éyry
ãeroplane BrE; AmE ãirplane
Aêschylus BrE; AmE Êschylus *Êeskiləss
aêsthétics AmE ê-
afféct alter cf. efféct result í- or = afféct
áffect emotion
afféctive emotional cf. efféctive resultant
áffidâvit
áffluent
affrònt cf. effròntery
Afghánistān Áf-gán- (-wán-, -hán- -wàn-, etc. are local pronunciations)
Áfghán cf. Áfrican -ən
aficionàdo -físh- or -físsy-
afrâid
afrésh anew (adverb) = a frésh
África
Afrikàans -ànce
Afrikàner
āfter
āfterthŏught -åwt, one word
āfterward AmE, BrE āfterwards
āfterwörd preface
again, against: both have -én, but for some speakers there is a regular spelling pronunciation: agâin, agâinst
agâpe gaping
ágapê eros
ággravate
aggréssion
aggriêved
âge cf. édge: Francophones beware
âged: as in âged 20, pronounced *âyjd; when meaning old before a noun (an âged mán), *âyjíd
âgeing (BrE), âging (AmE), *âjing
âgeist *âjist
âge-ôld hyphenated
ágîle
agô
ágora
ágriculture
àh response ≈ àaah sentiment ≈ àaargh disgust (in the latter cases more a's may be added)
ahà
ahem: schwas
Àhmad Jamál
âid help = âide assistant; Âids or ÂIDS disease = âids, âides plurals
Âids or ÂIDS disease = âids, âides plurals
ãir breathe = Ãyr Scotland = ére before = é’er ever = héir estate = Éyre Jane = Ãire river; AmE ãir = AmE érr, cf. BrE ërr *üh
ãiry light = all four spellings of éyrie = éyry = ãerie = ãery bird, cf. êerie strange
aîsle walking space = îsle island
Âix France = âches ache
aj-: most words that sound as if they start like this actually have adj-
Ajáccio *Azháxio
Àjáx Amsterdam *Àyáx
Âjáx person
áka or ákà (can be capitals), acronym of ålso knôwn as
Ál Alan, etc. cf. åll total
Ál Arabic may be hyphenated to following capital-letter word in Arabic name; may also be ál
à là (à la)
Alabáma (Á): one m, cf. Montána, Louisiána
Aláddin
Álan (usually a given name) = Állen (usually a surname) = Állan (least common)
alás
Álawite
Albânia (Á)
Ålbany
albêdo
albêit *åll bê ít, cf. sô bê ít
Álbert
albìno
Álbion
Albuquërquê *Álbə-kïrky
Aldébaran
Åldwých *åll dwítch
âle beer = âil ailing
Álfa Romèo, cf. álpha, Rômêo
Álfred
álgaê *áljê or *álgy
Algàrve
álgorithm rhymes with rhýthm
Áli = Álly = Álley = álley walk, although Muhámmad Alì boxer is often pronounced *Àh-lêe; cf. állŷ *állîe friend
âlias *âlius, cf. Alîas Don
álibî
Álíce = Álliss
âlien
alienâtion
alîgn = a lîne, cf. állŷ friend, állêy way
alîgned *allîned, cf. állied
Álison = Állison, probably the former more common as given name, the latter as family name
Álistair = Álastair
alîve
åll every = åwl tool, cf. Ál name
allegâtions *allogations
allége cf. lédge, etc.
alléged *aléjd
allégedly *aléjidly
allêle
allelûia or allelûja or allelûya
állêy path = Áli person, cf. állŷ
allîance
álligâtor
allót assign = a lót much; cf. Állott
åll-òut total before noun needs hyphen
allòwed permitted = alòud heard
álloy
åll-stàr is an adjective, so needs hyphen
allûde əl-, cf. elûde, əl- or íl-
allûsion, əl-, cf. illûsion, íl-
állŷ friend, cf. Álly = Álì = állêy
allŷ verb = a lîe, cf. alîgn = a lîne
ålmanac
àlmond *àhmənd
ålmost
àlms gift = BrE àrms body, weapons
álôe
alône
alóngsîde one word
a lót many = allót assign (*alót)
a lót of many (*əlótəv)
alòud audible = allòwed permitted
Aloýsius *Aləwíshəss
ál-Qàêda (or Ál-; also minus hyphen) *ál-Kŷda (rarely does one hear an anglophone sound or suggest the glottal stop that is present in the Arabic: *álkà-êda)
alréady before = åll réady ready
alrîght = åll rîght: the single-word form presumably arose by analogy with alréady and ålways, but it is widely regarded as unacceptable: does it mean all correct, or satisfactory? "Their answers were alright" would appear to be an incorrect rendering of "their answers were all right/all correct", but it may merely mean "their answers were acceptable", and it is this needless ambiguity that gains the one-word version its detractors
Alsâtian
ålso
ålt-
ålter change = åltar church
álter êgo
*altêrior ultêrior
altërnate BrE; AmE ålternate adjective
ålternâte verb
altërnatíve
althôugh *åll-dhô
álto
áltruism
alumínium BrE; AmE alûminum
alúmnus
alvêolar
ålways ever cf. áll wâys methods, styles
Álzheîmer's is probably the most common British pronunciation, Å- ditto in AmE; also, À-
ám be
âm morning (ante meridian) *â-ém = a.m. (lower case)
amanuénsis, cf. Emmánuel
ámateur *ámətər; AmE can be amateûr
amâze
Ámazon
ambássador cf. émbassy
ámbergrìs BrE, AmE ámbergrís; s may be silent
ámbiance
ámbient
ambíguous
ambigûity
ambítious *ámbíshəss
amén BrE à, AmE â
amênable
aménd cf. comménd
aménds make = eménds alters
amênity, AmE also aménity
âmìable cf. âim
ámícable
amíss awry, cf. Âmíss, Âmís names
Ammàn
ammunítion *ámyù-níshən
amnêsia
ámnesty
amók cf. amúck, same meaning
amòng
amòunt
an *ən: version of a before a consonant
anáchronism -nákr-
ânal
ánalŷse verb *ánnəlîze
ánalŷses verb and análysês noun *ənáləssêez are homographs; the first is the third person singular present tense of the verb (above), the second the plural of the noun (below)
análysis noun *ənáləssís
ánalýst
anàrchic -kik
ánarchist -kist
ánarchy *ánə(r)kỳ
anáthema
áncestor
ánchor -nk-
ánchovy -ntsh-
âncient
áncillãry AmE, BrE ancíllary
and *ənd, sometimes ánd for emphasis = & (the ampersand, always unstressed and used in proprietory names, show business acts, etc.)
Andalucìa (some say -thìa in imitation of the European Spanish pronunciation)
andántè
Ándês
Andêan
Ándhra Pradésh
ánd ŏr ('and/or') is nowadays spoken and can be sometimes seen without the stroke inbetween
Andórra BrE, AmE -ŏrr-, cf. Pandŏra
Ándrêa (first of three syllables stressed) is an English girl's name; Andrèa (second of three) is a German boy's name; both end in schwa: -ə
Andrómeda
Ándreŵ
anémonê *an-émeny, cf. an énemy
Ánerley
aneŵ afresh (adverb) = a neŵ
ângel *ânjəl, cf. ángle
Ángela
Ángelô = Ángelôu Maya, though Ángeloû is very common
ánger BrE *áng-gə
angîna *án-jînə
ángle hard g, cf. ângel *âynjl
Ánglia
ánglophone
Ánglo-Sáxon
Angôla
ángry *áng-gry
ángst
Anguílla -gwí-
Anguíllan -gwí-
ánimè
ánimus cf. ûnánimous
áníse cf. Álíce (minimal pair)
Anìta Ànand
Ánkara
*ánker is a misspelling of ánchor
ánkle
ánnals cf. ánalyst
Ánnan: second a as schwa, rhymes with cánnon, making a minimal pair with Árran (but widely mispronounced with the stress on the second syllable, perhaps by analogy with Ammàn)[2]
annéx verb
ánnex or ánnexe noun
annîhilate *annîəlâte
annúl cf. ánnal
anŏint cf. annòunce
anómaly
anón soon = anón. anonymous
ánonýmity
anónymous
anoréxia
anòther one word
ānswer, silent w: BrE *ànsə, AmE *ánsr
antágonîse, -ísm, -íst
Antananarìvo *Antána-narìvo
Antàrctica: first c can be silent
ántê- before = BrE ántì against
anténna
anténnaê BrE = AmE anténnê, though some BrE speakers, perhaps recalling school Latin, say -nàê (-nî)
Ánthony usual = Ántony Mark, -tə-
ántì BrE (AmE ántî) against = ántê- before; prô and ánti are always hyphenated to a following word they modify: prô-wår and ánti-wår
antibiótic
ántícs
ántidote
antimacássar
Antìgua *Án-têegə
antípodês
antìque *án-têek
antirrhînum *antirŷnum
antisemític, anti-Semític anti-Jewish (euphemism? "Semitic" refers to a language group that includes Arabic and Amharic as well as Israel's Hebrew)
antisémitism (or anti-Sémitism, but what, then, is 'Semitism'?)
Ántón, cf. Ánthony, Ántony
anxîety *angzîəty
ánxious *ángkshəss or *ángshəss
any some *énny makes a minimal pair with Ánnie person
anybody *énnybódy one word
any mŏre, anymŏre *énny-mŏre: the one-word form, restricted to the meaning no longer, is American English: ít dòesn't mátter anymŏre
anyone anybody *énnywún, one word; otherwise two: any òne îtem, where òne is a numeral: cf. any thrêe óptions
anyway despite one word, cf. where wây is a noun: any wây yoû loòk at ít, dôn't chânge ít ín any wây
ãorist
apâce fast = a pâce step
apàrt separate = a pàrt section, hence apàrt from and a pàrt of
apàrtheîd -tîte or apàrthèid -tâte
apéritìf either stressed
aphêlion *əfêliən, *əp-hêliən
âphid
apìêce each one word = a pìêce part
aplénty
aplómb *əplóm
apócalypse
apócryphal, cf. êpoch -óc, crýpt
ápogêe -jì
apólogîse verb
apólogíes plural noun
*apón upón
apóstasy
apóstate
apóstle
apóstrophê
ápp, abbreviation of applicátion; there is also a surname Ápps
appål; AmE can be appåll
Appalâchia -sh- or -ch-; or Appaláchia -ch- (though Delius pronounced it, and his musical work, *Appalàkia)
appålling
apparátchik
ápparâtus BrE either stressed (to children it can sound plural, ‘apperators’, like óperators); AmE apparátus
appárel
appárent
appêar
appêasement
appêaser
applåuse
*appôse oppôse
ápposíte
apprôpriate adjective, apprôpriâte verb
approval -prû-
approve -prû-
âpricot
à priŏrî two words
àpriŏrísm one word
apropôs *ápropô
Aquãrius
aquátic
áqueduct
áqueous
Áquila
*aquîre acquîre
A&R *ayənàr
ár- BrE is ãr- for some AmE speakers: ãrrogant, etc.
Árab adjective, person, some AmE Ãrab
Arâbian adjective
Árabic language, some AmE Ãrabic
árable
àrbíter
àrbítrary
àrc circle = Àrk Noah = Àrc Joan
àrced arc *àrkt
àrch, ch sound, *àrtsh, unlike most of the following (the exceptions being the versions with bíshop and dêacon)
archâíc *àrkâyíc
archângel àrk-
archbíshop àrtch-
archdêacon àrtch-
archeólogy àrk-
Archimêdês Àrk-
archipélago àrk-
àrchitect àrk-
àrchive *àrkîve
àrchivist *àrkîvist, *àrkəvist
arcmínute, arcsécond both one word
Àrctic
àre BrE = àh; BrE weak form = a weak form *ə; AmE weak form *r
ãrêa space *ãrêə makes a minimal pair with ària song
arêna
Àrês Mars, or = Ãríes/Ãriês Ram, both -z
Argentìna, Àrgentîne, Argentínian = Argentínean Àrj-
àrgil clay, soft g
argot slang = Àrgo ship
àrgue
àrgument
Argŷll Scotland = Argŷle elsewhere, hard g
ària opera cf. ãrea space
Ãrian Arius, Aries = Ãryan race
Ariàna
Àriàna Grànde AmE; BrE Áriàna Grándè
Ariáne
árid
Ãríes -ríz
áristocrát BrE; AmE arístocrát
aristocrátic
Aristóphanês
Áristótle
Àrk Noah = àrc circle = Àrc Joan
Àrkansas BrE -såw, AmE -sà
aròund = a ròund
arrâign = a râin
arrêars
arrést
arrhýthmic
àrsenal *àrssnəl
àrsenic *àrssníc
àrson
àrt artist = Àrt Arthur
àrt déco or Àrt Déco (may retain French accent on é)
àrtefact BrE; AmE àrtifact
artêsian well *àrtêzhən
artifícial -shəl
artisán art *àrtizán
àrtist art
artìste stage
Ãryan race = Ãrian heresy, Aries
asbéstós
ascénd: derived words can be spelt with either a or e:
ascéndance or ascéndence
ascéndancy or ascéndency
ascéndant or ascéndent
ascént climb = assént agree
ascertâin cf. acërbic
Áscot
ÁSEAN or Ásean association *Ássián, cf. Âsian Asia, *Âyzhən
Áshlêy = Áshlêigh
Âsia *Âsha or *Âzha
ásinine áss-
askānce
áspartâme or aspàrtâme
Ásperger's
*áspéstóss asbéstos
ásphalt
asphýxiate
áspirin medicine -spr-, cf. aspîring aspire
Ássád, first syllable stressed, making a minimal pair with ácid
Assànge Julian -ànzh
assássin has four s’s
assént agree = ascént climb
asséss
ássét
assîgn *əssîne = a sîgn
assignâtion *ássíg-nâtion
assîgnment *əssînemənt
assuâge *əsswâge
assûme *əssyûme
assûre AmE -shûre, BrE –shůre
ásterisk
ásterism
Ásterix
ásthma *ássma
asúnder
as wéll two words
asŷlum
âte AmE; BrE *ét
âthêíst cf. aesthétic
at lêast two words
átmosphêre
atmosphéric
átóll, some AmE âtóll
atône
âtrium
atrôcious -shəss
atrócity
áttaboy one word
attáchè -áshây
attácks = a táx
atténtion *əténshən makes a minimal pair with ténsion
Attíla *Atílla
*attône: atône
attörney
attríbutable
áttribute noun
Auchinleck *Ókhinleck, *Áffleck
Åuckland
auctionêer åukshə-
åudio
auditǒrium
augmént
åugur = Åuger
åugury
augúst revered
Åugust month
Åuld Láng Sŷne (from Robert Burns, Scots, "Old Long Since") or ...*Zŷne
Àùng Sán Sûu Kyìi *Òwng Sán Sûe Chêe
āunt uncle AmE = ánt insect
au fâit *ô-fây
au fónd *ô-fón, French nasal -ón
au pãir, ôp-
åural ear = ŏral mouth, by a coincidence of Latin, though the first may be pronounced àùral (*òwral) to distinguish it
Aus Australia = Óz Wizard
Àùschwitz *Òushvíts
åuspices
Aussie Australasian -z- = Óssy = Óssie persons
Austen Jane = Austin car, Texas Ó-
Austrâlia Ó-
Austria Ó-
åutarchy sovereignty = åutarky self-sufficiency
authóritative BrE; AmE authŏritâtive
authórity
åutism
àùtobàhn
åutomobìle
åutumn silent n
autúmnal, n sounded
avâil = a vèil
ávalānche
ávant-gàrde (gàrde = guàrd) hyphenated
avénge
avërt
Áviemore
avocàdo
avŏid
avoirdupŏis *ávədə-pŏiz
aẁash with = a ẁash
awây gone, going = a wây method, route = awêigh anchors
åwe amaze = BrE ŏr, etc.
awêigh anchors = awây go
åwesome
åwestruck
åwful
awhîle adverb = a whîle noun; the one-word form is often used incorrectly, as it can only be used after a verb, not after a preposition (ín, āfter, fŏr etc.); compare: línger awhîle, stây awhîle with stây for a whîle, hê'll bè hêre ín a whîle, for a shŏrt whîle, ít háppened a whîle báck, ít's bêen a whîle
åwkward *åwquəd
åwl tool = åll total
âwol, ÂWOL
awrŷ *ərî
áxe chop BrE; AmE áx = ácts act (the plurals of áxe/áx and áxis have the same spelling, but different pronunciations, as follows)
áxes axe -íz
áxês axis -êz, cf. áccess
áxis spin -íss
áxle car = Áxel person
Áxminster
aŷe yes = eŷe see = Î me
*Âyman Eâmonn, cf. Hâyman
Ãyr Scotland = ãir breathe
Ãyrshire
Azerbaijàn Ázerbaî-jàn
Azéri
ázure -zh-
References
- ↑ Abba win 'Eurovision 50th' vote BBC News, 23 October 2005. Retrieved 1 August 2007.
- ↑ Crossette, Barbara. New U.N. Chief Promises Reforms but Says He Won't Cut Jobs, New York Times, 10 January 1997. Retrieved on 25 February 2008.