IPA Transcription of "female" in British English

The British English IPA transcription of “female” is /ˈfiːmeɪl/.

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femaleˈfiːmeɪl

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Dialect Variants

DialectIPAPOS
English (United States)/ˈfiˌmeɪl/
English (United States)/ˈfimeɪl/
English (Australia)/ˈfiːmæɪl/

Similar Pronunciations

/diːteɪl/1

/fiːdeɪbl/1

/fiːleɪ/1

/fiːmeɪlz/2

/fiːnaɪl/1

/fɑːmeɪbl/1

/fɔːmeɪbl/1

/fɔːmeɪt/1

/fɔːseɪl/1

/fəmeɪl/1

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  • FemaleWikimedia disambiguation page
  • Femalesong by Keith Urban
  • Female1933 novel by Donald Henderson Clarke

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