Pronunciations

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OED gives pronunciations for English as spoken in Britain and the United States throughout the revised text. Our transcriptions use the symbols of the International Phonetic Alphabet. For words associated with other parts of the English-speaking world, we also give pronunciations in the relevant World English.

British English

• British pronunciation key
• British pronunciation model

U.S. English

• U.S. pronunciation key
• U.S. pronunciation model

World English

• World English pronunciations

Pronunciations in entries which have not yet been fully revised may be transcribed according to OED’s older model for British English, the key to which can be found here. 

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