The New Student's Reference Work/Vol I/Key to Pronunciation

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See also the disclaimer. Other marks: ṅ as in French Jean (zhŏṅ; for example, Detaille, Jean Baptiste Edouard); ″ (for example, Mirabeau, Honoré Gabriel Riquette, Count de); ṉ (for example, Mongols). o͝o is sometimes written as ŏŏ (for example, Erfurt).

87109The New Student's Reference Work — Key to Pronunciation


KEY TO PRONUNCIATION

ā as in āle
ā̇ sen′ā̇te
â câre
ă ăm
ä ärm
ȧ ȧsk
a fi′nal
a̤ll
ē as in ēve
ē̇ ē̇vent
ĕ ĕnd
fẽrn
e re′cent
ī īce
ī̇ ī̇de′a
ĭ ĭll
ō as in ōld
ō̇ ō̇bey′
ô ôrb
ŏ ŏdd
ū ūse
ū̇ ū̇nite′
rṳde
fụll
ŭ as in ŭp
û ûrn
pit′y̆
o͞o fo͞od
o͝o fo͝ot
ou out
oi oil


Foreign Consonants are represented by the nearest English equivalents.

The Principal Accent is indicated by a heavy mark , the secondary accent by a lighter mark ′, at the end of the syllable.

Syllabic Division is indicated by a light hyphen.

Compound Words have their members joined by a heavy hyphen.

(Q. V.) is Latin for quod vide or quæ vide. In articles, after names, it means see this, that is, the subject named.