Phonetics By default, phonetics are not displayed in dictionary entries To enable them, check the 'Display phonetics' box when you perform your search Note: The phonetics feature is currently only available within the Cambridge International Dictionary of English and the Cambridge Dictionary of American English Pronunciation • • • • vowels consonants diphthongs Other symbols Vowels long vowels sheep short vowels ship head farm hat above coo foot mother (US) horse sock (UK) bird cup Consonants voiced book voiceless pen day town give cat very fish the think zoo say vision she jump cheese look run yes 1/3 we moon name sing Diphthongs day eye boy mouth nose (UK) nose (US) ear (UK) hair (UK) pure (UK) Other symbols hand restaurant happy butter (US) influenza little etc can be pronounced either label r linking r is pronounced only before a vowel in British 2/3 English: four four apples main stress secondary stress syllable division expectation retell system 3/3