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optimum
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OP.ti.məm
syllables
op
.
ti
.
mum
dialect
British English
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ˈ
ɒ
p
t
ɪ
m
ə
m
ˈ
primary stress
ˈ
vertical stroke (superior)
IPA Name
vertical stroke (superior)
IPA Desc.
primary stress
IPA #
501
Unicode Hex
02C8
ɒ
long open back unrounded vowel
English
French
Dutch
Assamese
Hungarian
+6
ɒ
open back rounded vowel
vowel
IPA Name
turned script a
IPA Desc.
open back rounded vowel
IPA #
313
Unicode Hex
0252
p
voiceless bilabial stop consonant
English
Chinese (Simplified)
Chinese (Traditional)
Spanish
French
+74
p
voiceless bilabial plosive
consonant
IPA Name
lower-case p
IPA Desc.
voiceless bilabial plosive
IPA #
101
Unicode Hex
0070
t
voiceless alveolar stop consonant
English
Chinese (Simplified)
Chinese (Traditional)
Spanish
French
+48
t
voiceless alveolar plosive
consonant
IPA Name
lower-case t
IPA Desc.
voiceless dental or alveolar plosive
IPA #
103
Unicode Hex
0074
ɪ
raised close-mid front unrounded vowel
English
Bangla
Hindi
German
Cantonese (Traditional)
+23
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
m
voiced bilabial nasal consonant
English
Chinese (Simplified)
Chinese (Traditional)
Spanish
Arabic
+79
m
bilabial nasal
consonant
IPA Name
lower-case m
IPA Desc.
voiced bilabial nasal
IPA #
114
Unicode Hex
006D
ə
mid central unrounded vowel
English
Chinese (Simplified)
Chinese (Traditional)
French
Portuguese (Brazil)
+29
ə
mid central unrounded vowel
vowel
IPA Name
schwa
IPA Desc.
mid central vowel
IPA #
322
Unicode Hex
0259
m
voiced bilabial nasal consonant
English
Chinese (Simplified)
Chinese (Traditional)
Spanish
Arabic
+79
m
bilabial nasal
consonant
IPA Name
lower-case m
IPA Desc.
voiced bilabial nasal
IPA #
114
Unicode Hex
006D
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