IPA Transcription of "childhood" in American English

The American English IPA transcription of “childhood” is /ˈt͡ʃaɪlˌdhʊd/.

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Dialect Variants

DialectIPAPOS
English (Australia)/ˈt͡ʃɑeldhʊd/
English (United Kingdom)/ˈt͡ʃaɪldhʊd/

Similar Pronunciations

/t͡ʃaɪldbɛd/1

/t͡ʃaɪldhʊdz/1

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Similar Words

  • childhoods
    /ˈt͡ʃaɪlˌdhʊdz//ˈt͡ʃaɪldˌhʊdz/

Items

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  • ChildhoodWikimedia disambiguation page
  • Childhood1987 film by Siegfried Kühn
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  • Childhood2018 documentary film directed by Margreth Olin
  • Childhood1967 memoir by Tove Ditlevsen

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