IPA Transcription of "milk" in American English

The American English IPA transcription of “milk” is /ˈmɪlk/.

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milkˈmɪlk

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Dialect Variants

DialectIPAPOS
English (Australia)/mɪlk/
English (United Kingdom)/ˈmɪlk/

Similar Pronunciations

/bɪlk/1

/mɪk/4

/mɪl/3

/mɪld/1

/mɪli/4

/mɪlki/1

/mɪlks/1

/mɪlkt/1

/mɪlkɚ/1

/mɪln/2

Derivations

Items

  • milkwhite liquid produced by the mammary glands of mammals
  • Milk2008 film directed by Gus Van Sant
  • Milk2021 Russian film
  • MilkAmerican drag queen and figure skater
  • MilkWikimedia disambiguation page
  • Milk2017 short film directed by Heather Young
  • Milk2008 film directed by Semih Kaplanoğlu
  • Milksong by Garbage
  • Milk2017 single by The 1975
  • MilkJapanese idol group

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