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ə.prok.sə.MAY.shən
syllables
ap
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prox
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i
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ma
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tion
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ə
ˌ
p
ɹ
ɒ
k
s
ə
ˈ
m
eɪ
ʃ
ə
n
ə
mid central unrounded vowel
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+29
ə
mid central unrounded vowel
vowel
IPA Name
schwa
IPA Desc.
mid central vowel
IPA #
322
Unicode Hex
0259
ˌ
secondary stress
ˌ
vertical stroke (inferior)
IPA Name
vertical stroke (inferior)
IPA Desc.
secondary stress
IPA #
502
Unicode Hex
02CC
p
voiceless bilabial stop consonant
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+74
p
voiceless bilabial plosive
consonant
IPA Name
lower-case p
IPA Desc.
voiceless bilabial plosive
IPA #
101
Unicode Hex
0070
ɹ
voiced alveolar approximant consonant
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+2
ɹ
voiced alveolar approximant
consonant
IPA Name
turned r
IPA Desc.
voiced dental or alveolar approximant
IPA #
151
Unicode Hex
0279
ɒ
long open back unrounded vowel
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+6
ɒ
open back rounded vowel
vowel
IPA Name
turned script a
IPA Desc.
open back rounded vowel
IPA #
313
Unicode Hex
0252
k
voiceless velar stop consonant
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+76
k
voiceless velar plosive
consonant
IPA Name
lower-case k
IPA Desc.
voiceless velar plosive
IPA #
109
Unicode Hex
006B
s
voiceless alveolar sibilant fricative consonant
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+68
s
voiceless alveolar fricative
consonant
IPA Name
lower-case s
IPA Desc.
voiceless alveolar fricative
IPA #
132
Unicode Hex
0073
ə
mid central unrounded vowel
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ə
mid central unrounded vowel
vowel
IPA Name
schwa
IPA Desc.
mid central vowel
IPA #
322
Unicode Hex
0259
ˈ
primary stress
ˈ
vertical stroke (superior)
IPA Name
vertical stroke (superior)
IPA Desc.
primary stress
IPA #
501
Unicode Hex
02C8
m
voiced bilabial nasal consonant
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+79
m
bilabial nasal
consonant
IPA Name
lower-case m
IPA Desc.
voiced bilabial nasal
IPA #
114
Unicode Hex
006D
eɪ
from close-mid front unrounded to near-close near-front unrounded diphthong
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e
close-mid front unrounded vowel
vowel
IPA Name
lower-case e
IPA Desc.
close-mid front unrounded vowel
IPA #
302
Unicode Hex
0065
ɪ
near-close near-front unrounded vowel
vowel
IPA Name
small capital i
IPA Desc.
near-close near-front unrounded vowel
IPA #
319
Unicode Hex
026A
ʃ
voiceless post-alveolar sibilant fricative consonant
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+56
ʃ
voiceless palato-alveolar fricative
consonant
IPA Name
esh
IPA Desc.
voiceless postalveolar fricative
IPA #
134
Unicode Hex
0283
ə
mid central unrounded vowel
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ə
mid central unrounded vowel
vowel
IPA Name
schwa
IPA Desc.
mid central vowel
IPA #
322
Unicode Hex
0259
n
voiced alveolar nasal consonant
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+66
n
alveolar nasal
consonant
IPA Name
lower-case n
IPA Desc.
voiced dental or alveolar nasal
IPA #
116
Unicode Hex
006E
en-AU
33
en-NZ
17
en-IN
17
en-US
15
en-GB
15
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