IPA Transcription of "species" in American English

The American English IPA transcription of “species” is /ˈspiʃiz/.

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speciesˈspiʃiz

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Dialect Variants

DialectIPAPOS
English (Australia)/ˈspiːsiːz/
English (Australia)/ˈspiːʃiːz/
English (Australia)/ˈspiːs-/
English (Australia)/-ʃiːz/
English (United Kingdom)/ˈspiːʃiːz/
English (United Kingdom)/ˈspiːsiːz/

Similar Pronunciations

/pidiz/1

/pisiz/2

/piziz/1

/sibiz/1

/sidiz/2

/siliz/1

/sisiz/1

/siɹiz/2

/spidi/1

/spidiɚ/1

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  • speciesone of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank
  • Species1995 film by Roger Donaldson
  • SpeciesWikimedia disambiguation page
  • Speciesscience-fiction horror film series
  • speciesspecific genus-differentia defined item that is described first by its genus (genos) and then its differentia (diaphora); concept in metaphysics
  • Species2020 EP by Crossfaith

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