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Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

A term borrowed directly from another language and adopted into use

Detailed Definition
Loanword is a term adopted from one language into another without translation (e.g., “sonnet” from Italian, “haiku” from Japanese); in poetry, loanwords enrich diction, signal cultural allusion, or preserve untranslatable nuances, often becoming naturalized while retaining exotic resonance.
Example
Example in poetry:
loanword (A word adopted from a foreign language with little or no modification to its form); 'Kindergarten' (German); 'Déjà vu' (French); 'Bazaar' (Persian)
Additional Notes
loanword: A word adopted directly from another language into the language of the poem, often without significant modification; used to introduce a concept, tone, or cultural resonance that the native language lacks; e.g., 'schadenfreude' in English.
Also Known As
Borrowed word Adopted term Foreign loan Calque
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