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polysemous
phonetic respelling
pahleeseeməs
syllables
po
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ly
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se
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mous
dialect
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ˌ
p
ɑː
l
i
ˈ
s
iː
m
ə
s
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
English
Chinese (Simplified)
Chinese (Traditional)
Spanish
French
+75
p
voiceless bilabial plosive
consonant
IPA Name
lower-case p
IPA Desc.
voiceless bilabial plosive
IPA #
101
Unicode Hex
0070
ɑː
long open back unrounded vowel
English
Dutch
Swedish
Khmer
Turkmen
+6
ɑ
open back unrounded vowel
vowel
IPA Name
script a
IPA Desc.
open back unrounded vowel
IPA #
305
Unicode Hex
0251
ː
long
diacritic
IPA Name
length mark
IPA Desc.
length mark
IPA #
503
Unicode Hex
02D0
l
voiced alveolar lateral approximant consonant
English
Chinese (Simplified)
Chinese (Traditional)
Spanish
Arabic
+73
l
alveolar lateral approximant
consonant
IPA Name
lower-case l
IPA Desc.
voiced dental or alveolar lateral approximant
IPA #
155
Unicode Hex
006C
i
close front unrounded vowel
English
Chinese (Simplified)
Chinese (Traditional)
Spanish
Arabic
+74
i
close front unrounded vowel
vowel
IPA Name
lower-case i
IPA Desc.
close front unrounded vowel
IPA #
301
Unicode Hex
0069
ˈ
primary stress
ˈ
vertical stroke (superior)
IPA Name
vertical stroke (superior)
IPA Desc.
primary stress
IPA #
501
Unicode Hex
02C8
s
voiceless alveolar sibilant fricative consonant
English
Chinese (Simplified)
Chinese (Traditional)
Spanish
Arabic
+69
s
voiceless alveolar fricative
consonant
IPA Name
lower-case s
IPA Desc.
voiceless alveolar fricative
IPA #
132
Unicode Hex
0073
iː
long close front unrounded vowel
English
Hindi
Japanese
German
Korean
+36
i
close front unrounded vowel
vowel
IPA Name
lower-case i
IPA Desc.
close front unrounded vowel
IPA #
301
Unicode Hex
0069
ː
long
diacritic
IPA Name
length mark
IPA Desc.
length mark
IPA #
503
Unicode Hex
02D0
m
voiced bilabial nasal consonant
English
Chinese (Simplified)
Chinese (Traditional)
Spanish
Arabic
+80
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)
+30
ə
mid central unrounded vowel
vowel
IPA Name
schwa
IPA Desc.
mid central vowel
IPA #
322
Unicode Hex
0259
s
voiceless alveolar sibilant fricative consonant
English
Chinese (Simplified)
Chinese (Traditional)
Spanish
Arabic
+69
s
voiceless alveolar fricative
consonant
IPA Name
lower-case s
IPA Desc.
voiceless alveolar fricative
IPA #
132
Unicode Hex
0073
en-US
10
en-GB
10
en-AU
10
en-NZ
10
en-IN
10
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polysemous
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