【発音記号表】
母音・二重母音
| [æ] | cat [kǽt] |
| [ʌ] | bus [b s] |
| [ə] | sofa [sóufə] |
| [ər]*1 | sister [sístər] |
| [ɑː] | father [f ːðər] |
| [ɑːr]*1 | park [p ːrk] |
| [əːr]*1 | bird [b ːrd] |
| [ɑ | ɔ] | hot [h t | h t] |
| [æ | ɑː] | laugh [lǽf |l ːf] |
| [ai] | night [náit] |
| [áuər] | flower [fláuər] |
[əːr | ʌr] | current [k ːrənt | k r-] |
| [i] | live [lív] |
| [iː] | east [íːst] |
| [iər]*1 | ear [íər] |
| [iər]*2 | serial [síəriəl] |
| [íːə | iə] | idea [aidíːə | -díə] |
| [u] | book [búk] |
| [uː] | food [fúːd] |
| [juː] | few [fjúː] |
| [uər]*1 | tour [túər] |
| [juər] | pure [pjúər] |
| [uər]*2 | tourist [túərist] |
| [juər]*2 | Europe [júərəp] |
| [e] | get [ɡét] |
| [ei] | tape [téip] |
| [εər]*1 | chair [tʃ ər] |
| [εər]*2 | daring [d əriŋ] |
| [ɔː] | ball [b ːl] |
| [ɔː | ɔ] | long [l ːŋ | l ŋ] |
| [ɔːr]*1 | door [d ːr] |
| [ou] | over [óuvər] |
| [ɔi] | boy [b i] |
| [ɑ | ɔ] | box [b ks | b ks] |
*1 は〔注〕2 (1),*2 は〔注〕2 (2)を参照
子音
閉鎖音
| [p] | pace [péis] |
| [b] | base [béis] |
| [t] | time [táim] |
| [d] | dime [dáim] |
| [tʃ] | choke [tʃóuk] |
[dʒ] | joke [dʒóuk] |
| [k] | coat [kóut] |
| [ɡ] | goat [ɡóut] |
摩擦音
| [f] | fan [fǽn] |
| [v] | van [vǽn] |
| [θ] | breath [bréθ] |
| [ð] | breathe [bríːð] |
| [s] | peace [píːs] |
| [z] | lose [lúːz] |
| [ʃ] | dish [díʃ] |
| [ʒ] | measure [méʒər] |
| [h] | hat [hǽt] |
[h]*3 | where [hw ər] |
鼻音
[m] | sum [s m] |
| [n] | sun [s n] |
| [ŋ] | sung [s ŋ] |
側音
[l] | lake [léik] |
| [r] | rake [réik] |
半母音
| [w] | wood [wúd] |
| [j] | yes [jés] |
[j]*3 | new [njúː] |
*3 は〔注〕2 (3)を参照
〔注〕
- [h
t | h
t]の縦線( | )の前は米音,後は英音. - イタリック体は省略を示す.
(1) [ər],[:r]音の[r]を省略するのは英音:
例 sister [sístər] → [sístər | sístə],park [p
ːrk] → [p
ːrk | p
ːk] (2) [ər]の表記は,米音では[r],英音では[ər]となることを示す:
例 serial [síəriəl] → [síriəl | síəriəl](3) [h]音を省略するのは英音:例 where [hw
ər] → [hw
ər | w
ə]
[j]音を省略するのは米音:例 new [njúː] → [núː | njúː]
s
ːrd