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Phonetics

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• Vowels
• Consonants
• Diphthongs
• Other symbols

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Note: The phonetics feature is currently only available within the following dictionaries:

• Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
• Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
• Cambridge Dictionary of American English

Vowels

Long Vowels sheep farm coo horse bird

Short Vowels ship head hat above foot mother (US) sock (UK) worm (US) cup

Consonants

Voiced book day give very the zoo vision jump look run yes we moon name sing

Voiceless pen town cat fish think say she cheese

Diphthongs

	day
	eye
	boy
	mouth
	nose (UK)
	nose (US)
	ear (UK)
	hair (UK)
	pure (UK)

Other Symbols

	hand
	croissant (UK)
	happy
	butter (US)
	influenza
	little

, , can be pronounced either: or , etc.:
	= or
	linking r is pronounced only before a vowel in British English:
	: four : four apples

	main stress	expectation
	secondary stress	retell
	syllable division	system