Phonetic dictionary

Phonetic Dictionary

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Por Angel Molina López and Diego Antonio López Domínguez

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What Is this?

This dictionary aims to improve your English pronunciation through voiced examples, focusing mainly on consonant and vowel sounds, allowing you to gradually apply your knowledge. You can click the letter-like symbols, doing so will open a window that will show you how they should be pronounced, along with examples for you to practice. There is also a button with the appearance of a hand, clicking this hand will reveal all the interactive parts of this chart. Take it easy and practice every time you have the chance.And last but most important, ¡Have fun!

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What we are learning today?

Vocals

Consonants

Back

Consonant sounds

Stops

Fricatives

Affricatives

Nasals

Liquids

Glides

Voiced

(Theres a vibration in your throath)

Alveolar (Tongue-Gum ridge)

Bilabial (Lips)

Labiodental (Lips-teeth)

Dental Tongue-Teeth

Palatal (Tongue-Palate)

Velar (Tongue-Soft palate)

Glottal (Throath)

p b

k g

t d

f v

θ ð

s z

ʃ ʒ

ʧʤ

How does this chart work?

Vocal sounds

Front Near front Central Near back Back High Mid high Mid Mid-low Low

i:

u:

Sheep

Shoot

Ship

Good

What does this chart represent?

ɜr

Take

Banana

First

call

Egg

Jump

Cat

Job

/l/

Milk mɪlk

Level ˈlɛvəl

Climb klaɪm

Cold koʊld

Take

Take Break

Made Play

teɪk

meɪd

breɪk

pleɪ

/j/

Use juz

Yellow ˈjɛloʊ

Year jɪr

/n/

Funny ˈfʌni

Country ˈkʌntri

Woman ˈwʊmən

Dinner ˈdɪnər

Ship

Trip

Rip

trɪp

rɪp

Chip

Flip

ʧɪp

flɪp

Ship

Call

Tall

ball

tɔl

bɔl

Fall

All

fɔl

ɔl

Call center

Jump

Luck

Cup

Lʌk

Cʌp

Run

Sun

Rʌn

sʌn

Jumping

/f/

Feeling ˈfilɪŋ

Focus ˈfoʊkɪs

Find faɪnd

Family ˈfæməli

/v/

Vowel ˈvaʊəl

Shaving ˈʃeɪvɪŋ

Village ˈvɪləʤ

Vest vɛst

Good

hood

wood

hʊd

wʊd

cook

took

kʊk

tʊk

Good personɡʊd ˈpɜrsən

What is this chart?

This chart is a driagram of your mouth. The upper side of the chart represents how close or far your tongue must be from your teeth,, while the left side of the chart represents how high or low your mouth has to be.

/p/

People ˈpiːpᵊl

Public ˈpʌblɪk

Park pɑːk

Plan plæn

/b/

Buy baɪ

Book bʊk

Be biː

Bank bæŋk

Shoot

Root

Spoon

rut

spun

Loot

Groove

lut

ɡruv

Photo shootˈfoʊˌtoʊ ʃut

First

third

earth

θɜrd

ɜrθ

word

learn

wɜrd

lɜrn

The First

Banana

Camera

Sofa

ˈkæmrə

ˈsoʊfə

Dollar

Lemon

ˈdɑlər

ˈlɛmən

Banana

Egg

Bet

Red

bɛt

rɛd

Regret

Leg

rɪˈɡrɛt

lɛɡ

Eggs

Sheep

Brief

Cheap

brif

ʧip

Bleach

Field

bliʧ

fild

Sheepʃip

/m/

Man mæn

Map mæp

Money ˈmʌni

Many ˈmɛni

/r/

Fire ˈfaɪər

Parent ˈpɛrənt

Forget fɔrˈɡɛt

Number ˈnʌmbər

Cat

Rat

Black

ræt

blæk

Pat

Chat

pæt

ʧæt

Black Catblæk kæt

/ʃ/

Show ʃoʊ

Shy ʃaɪ

Shock ʃɑk

Fish fɪʃ

/ʒ/

Decision dɪˈsɪʒən

Confusion kənˈfjuʒən

Explosion ɪkˈsploʊʒən

Garage ɡəˈrɑʒ

/ŋ/

Strong strɔŋ

Singer ˈsɪŋər

Young jʌŋ

Think θɪŋk

/w/

Woman ˈwʊmən

Week wik

Work wɜrk

Wash wɑʃ

/dʒ/

Junk ʤʌŋk

Joke ʤoʊk

Jens ʤinz

Orange ˈɔrənʤ

/tʃ/

Child ʧaɪld

Lunch lʌnʧ

Chair ʧɛr

Church ʧɜrʧ

How to use this chart

This chart is a driagram of your mouth. The upper part represents what parts of your mouth have to be touching, while the left part indicates the type of air flow you must do.

Stops: You have to interrupt the air flowFricative and affricative: There is a constant air flow Nasal: The air flows through you nasal cavity Liquid: Using your tongue, you should make the air flow through your cheeks Glide: Your tongue has to interfere the air flow from the back of you throat

/g/

Green ɡrin

Ghost ɡoʊst

Again əˈɡeɪn

Begin bɪˈɡɪn

/k/

Lucky ˈlʌki

Like laɪk

Sick sɪk

Clock klɑk

/θ/

Healthy ˈhɛlθi

Think θɪŋk

Thin θɪn

Thanks θæŋks

/ð/

Brother ˈbrʌðər

Weather ˈwɛðər

Father ˈfɑðər

This ðɪs

Job

Mob

Lobster

ˈlɑbstər

ʤɑb

Problem

Hobby

ˈprɑbləm

ˈhɑbi

My Job

/d/

Do du

Different ˈdɪfərənt

Dead dɛd

decided ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd

/t/

Teacher ˈtiʧər

Talk tɔk

Time taɪm

Tutor ˈtutər

Consonant

/ɦ/

Put pʊt

Flight flaɪt

Light laɪt

Trip trɪp

Consonant

Lorem ipsum dolor

/ʔ/

Written ˈrɪtən

Forgotten fɔrˈɡɑtən

Curtain ˈkɜrtən

Mountain ˈmaʊntən

• Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.
• Consectetur adipiscing elit.
• Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut.
• Labore et dolore magna aliqua.

Lorem ipsum dolor sit

/z/

Zoo zu

Music ˈmjuzɪk

VIsit ˈvɪzɪt

Crazy ˈkreɪzi

/s/

Stop stɑp

Spell spɛl

Speaking ˈspikɪŋ

Space speɪs