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word
detention
phonetic respelling
di.TEHN.shən
syllables
de
.
ten
.
tion
dialect
American English
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d
ɪ
ˈ
t
ɛ
n
ʃ
ə
n
d
voiced alveolar stop consonant
+36
d
voiced alveolar plosive
consonant
IPA Name
lower-case d
IPA Desc.
voiced dental or alveolar plosive
IPA #
104
Unicode Hex
0064
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How to pronounce detention in American English
IPA Phonetic Alphabet Transcription
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