IPA Transcription of "penumbra" in American English

The American English IPA transcription of “penumbra” is /pɪˈnʌmbɹə/.

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penumbrapɪˈnʌmbɹə

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Dialect Variants

DialectIPAPOS
English (Australia)/pəˈnɐmbɹə/
English (United Kingdom)/pɪˈnʌmbɹə/
English (United Kingdom)/ˈpɛnʌmbɹə/

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  • Penumbravideo game series
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  • penumbralegal term for the group of rights derived, by implication, from other rights explicitly protected in the Bill of Rights
  • PenumbraWikimedia disambiguation page
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  • Penumbramedical device company in Alameda, California
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  • penumbradark area within a sunspot
  • Penumbra2012 film by Adrián García Bogliano

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