Phonetics dictionary longman4/30/2023 ![]() The pronunciation table shows you consonants and vowels. So /b/ is the sound as in “back”, /e/ is the sound as in “bed”,and /d/ is the sound as in “day”. Here you can see the pronunciation of every sound. Go to the beginning of the dictionary (in the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English – the one I use – it’s inside the jacket cover) to see the pronunciation table. So for example, next to the word ‘bed’ you will see the phonetic transcription /bed/. To find out how to say the word, look at the phonetic transcription of the word (which you can see right next to the word itself in the dictionary). This means you can find out how to say the word – even if you don’t have access to either a native speaker, or the audio of the word. It shows you the phonetic pronunciation of every word An English dictionary helps your pronunciation in two main waysġ.
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