IPA Transcription of "scum" in American English

The American English IPA transcription of “scum” is /skəm/.

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Dialect Variants

DialectIPAPOS
English (Australia)/skɐm/
English (United Kingdom)/ˈskʌm/

Similar Pronunciations

/kəm/2

/sikəm/1

/skim/1

/skæm/1

/skəd/1

/skəf/1

/skəl/2

/skəp/1

/skət/1

/skʌm/1

Derivations

Items

  • Scumcard game; Americanized version of Daihinmin/Daifugō
  • Scum1979 film by Alan John Clarke
  • Scum1987 debut studio album by Napalm Death
  • Scum2018 video game
  • ScumWikimedia disambiguation page
  • Scum1977 television film directed by Alan John Clarke
  • Scumpunk band
  • scumsubstance layered at the surface of a liquid as result of a cooking process
  • scumWikimedia disambiguation page
  • Scum1997 studio album by Anti-Nowhere League

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