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Collins Dictionaries
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- It has an English-English function, as well as bilingual English to and from Chinese, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish.
- It provides sample pronunciation of words.
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IPA pronunciation key[edit | edit source]
Collins Dictionaries have several pronunciations for each word. In the American section there are IPA and non-IPA pronunciations (e.g. face as /feɪs; fās/). Here we list only the IPA transcription.
In the “Learner" section the stressed vowel is underlined, instead of having an IPA stress mark.
Sample word | Learner | British | American | Teflpedia | Comments |
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trap, marry | æ | æ | æ | /æ/ | |
plastic | æ | æ, ɑː | æ | /æ/ | |
bath | ɑː, æ | ɑː | æ, ɑ | /ɑː,BrE æAmE/ | |
palm, father, safari | ɑː | ɑː | ɑ | /ɑː/ | |
start, star | ɑːʳ | ɑː | ɑr | /ɑːr/ | |
dress, merry | e | ɛ | ɛ | /e/ | |
face | eɪ | eɪ | eɪ | /eɪ/ | |
square | eəʳ | ɛə | ɛr | /eər/ | |
hilarious | eər | ɛər | ɛr | /eər/ | Mary-merry merger |
kit, mirror | ɪ | ɪ | ɪ | /ɪ/ | |
fleece | iː | iː | i | /iː/ | |
near | ɪəʳ | ɪə | ɪr | /ɪər/ | |
material | ɪər | ɪər | ɪr | /ɪər/ | |
happy | i | ɪ | i | /iː/ | |
various | iə | ɪə | iə | /iːə/ | |
intermediate (adj.) | iə | ɪɪ | iɪ, ieɪ | /iːə/ | |
lot | ɒ | ɒ | ɑ | /ɒ/ | |
sorry | ɒ | ɒ | ɑ, ɔ | /ɒ/ or /ɒ,BrE ɑːAmE/ | |
cloth, moral | ɒ US ɔː | ɒ | ɔ, ɑ | /ɒ,BrE ɔːAmE/ | |
goat | oʊ | əʊ | oʊ | /əʊ/ | |
thought | ɔː | ɔː | ɔ | /ɔː/ | |
obey | oʊ | ə | oʊ | /ə,BrE əʊAmE/ | |
north, dinosaur | ɔːʳ | ɔː | ɔr | /ɔːr/ | |
force, four | ɔːʳ | ɔː | ɔr, oʊr | /ɔːr/ | |
store | ɔːʳ | ɔː | ɔr | /ɔːr/ | Note that “store" belongs to the FORCE lexical set |
glory | ɔːr | ɔːr | ɔr | /ɔːr/ | Note that “glory" belongs to the FORCE lexical set |
foot | ʊ | ʊ | ʊ | /ʊ/ | |
goose | uː | uː | u | /uː/ | |
cute | juː | juː | ju | /juː/ | |
new | juː US uː | juː | u, ju | /juː/ | |
cure | jʊəʳ | jʊə | jʊr | /jʊər/ | |
mural | jʊər | jʊər | jʊr | /jʊər/ | |
sure | ʊəʳ | ʊə, ɔː | ʊr | /ʊər, ɔːrBrE/ | |
insurance | ʊər | ʊər, ɔːr | ʊr | /ʊər, ɔːrBrE/ | |
strut | ʌ | ʌ | ʌ | /ʌ/ | |
nurse, fur | ɜːʳ | ɜː | ɜr | /ɜːr/ | |
furry | ɜːr | ɜːr | ɜr | /ɜːr/ | |
hurry | ʌr US ɜːr | ʌr | ɜr | /ʌr,BrE ɜːrAmE/ | |
comma | ə | ə | ə | /ə/ | |
letter | əʳ | ə | ər | /ər/ | |
people | əl | əl | əl | /əl/ | See IPA phonetic symbol [l̩] |
quarrel | əl | əl | əl | /əl/ | See IPA phonetic symbol [l̩] |
open | ən | ən | ən | /ən/ | See IPA phonetic symbol [n̩] |
heron | ən | ən | ən | /ən/ | See IPA phonetic symbol [n̩] |
rhythm | əm | əm | əm | /əm/ | See IPA phonetic symbol [m̩] |
price | aɪ | aɪ | aɪ | /aɪ/ | |
fire | aɪəʳ | aɪə | aɪr | /aɪər/ | |
iron | aɪəʳ | aɪə | aɪər | /aɪər/ | |
firing | N/A | aɪər | aɪr | /aɪər/ | |
virus | aɪər | aɪr | aɪr | /aɪr/ | |
mouth | aʊ | aʊ | aʊ | /aʊ/ | |
hour | aʊəʳ | aʊə | aʊr | /aʊər/ | |
flower | aʊəʳ | aʊə | aʊər | /aʊər/ | |
flowering | aʊər | aʊər | aʊər | /aʊər/ | |
dowry | aʊər | aʊər | aʊr | /aʊr/ | |
choice | ɔɪ | ɔɪ | ɔɪ | /ɔɪ/ | |
witch | w | w | w | /w/ | |
which | hw | w | hw, w | /w/ | See IPA phoneme /w/ § "wh" |
References[edit | edit source]