American English Text to IPA Converter

hug

Dialect Variants

DialectIPAPOS
English (Australia)/hɐɡ/
English (United Kingdom)/ˈhʌɡ/

Similar Pronunciations

/bəɡ/1

/dəɡ/2

/fəɡ/1

/hiɡ/1

/huɡ/1

/hæɡ/3

/hʌɡ/2

/ləɡ/1

/pəɡ/1

/səɡ/1

Derivations

Items

  • hugform of endearment, universal in human communities, in which two or more people put their arms around the neck, back, or waist of one another and hold each other closely
  • Hugsingle
  • HugWikimedia disambiguation page
  • HugYui Aragaki album
  • Hugfamily name
  • hugan individual's mental life in Scandinavian mythology
  • Hug1994 studio album by Tōko Furuuchi
  • Hug2014 single by SID
  • Hug

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