Is there a dictionary for pronunciation explanations?

1. Is there a pronunciation dictionary?
2. Which dictionary is best for pronunciation?
3. Can the dictionary help you with pronunciation?
4. Does dictionary Show pronunciation?

Is there a pronunciation dictionary?

The Carnegie Mellon University Pronouncing Dictionary is an open-source machine-readable pronunciation dictionary for North American English that contains over 134,000 words and their pronunciations. CMUdict is being actively maintained and expanded.

Which dictionary is best for pronunciation?

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is widely regarded as the accepted authority on the English language. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of 600,000 words— past and present—from across the English-speaking world.

Can the dictionary help you with pronunciation?

A dictionary has all the information you need to help you learn how to say a word correctly. We have thought about the meaning of words and meaning in context; now we need to think about how we pronounce them. Look at the dictionary entry below.

Does dictionary Show pronunciation?

It shows you the phonetic pronunciation of every word

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). So for example, next to the word 'bed' you will see the phonetic transcription /bed/.