IPA Transcription of "act" in American English
The American English IPA transcription of “act” is /ˈækt/.
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actˈækt
Dialect Variants
| Dialect | IPA | POS |
|---|---|---|
| English (Australia) | /ækt/ | |
| English (United Kingdom) | /ˈækt/ |
Derivations
- retroact/ˈɹɛtɹoʊˌækt/
- react/ɹiˈækt/ /ɹiˈæktoʊɹ/
- underact/ˌʌndɚˈækt/
- active/ˈæktɪv/
- actable/ˈæktəbəl/
- overact/ˈoʊvɚˌækt/ /ˌoʊvɚˈækt/
- actor/ˈæktɚ/
- outact/ˌaʊtˈækt/
- interact/ˌɪnɚˈækt/ /ˌɪntɚˈækt/
- action/ˈækʃən/
- actual/ˈækʃəl/ /ˈækt͡ʃəwəl/ /ˈækt͡ʃuəl/
- counteract/ˈkaʊntɚˌækt/ /ˌkaʊntɚˈækt/
- acter/ˈæktɚ/
- acting/ˈæktɪŋ/
- coact/koʊˈækt/
- actest/ˈæktɪst/
- enact/ɪˈnækt/ /ɛnˈækt/
Items
- ACTstandardized test used for college admissions
- actdivision or unit of a drama
- acttype of document
- ACTWikimedia disambiguation page
- ACTadministrator of the ACT tests
- Actplay
- ActEnglish band of the late 1980s
- actroman catholic prayer
- Act2013 South Korean film directed by Han Jonghun
- ACTgroup of audio file formats
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