IPA Transcription of "surface finish" in American English

The American English IPA transcription of “surface finish” is /ˈsɝfɪs ˈfɪnɪʃ/.

IPA chartsAmerican English IPA Chart

surface
finishˈfɪnɪʃ

Items

  • surface finishsmall, local deviations of a surface from a perfectly flat ideal; defined by the three characteristics of lay, surface roughness, and waviness
  • surface finishnature of a surface as defined by the three characteristics of lay, surface roughness, and waviness
  • Surface finish

Text to IPA usage guide

From text to transcription

  1. Enter or paste up to 5,000 characters.

  2. Choose the language and dialect that match the text.

  3. Select Transcribe to generate the IPA result.

  4. Review the result, then listen, copy, print, or report an issue.

Work with the transcription

  • Listen to the source text and follow synchronized highlighting. Audio may not exactly match the IPA transcription.

  • Switch between transcription-only, word-by-word, and sentence views.

  • Select an underlined word to compare available pronunciation candidates.

  • Copy the IPA, or use Print to create a clean teaching handout.

  • Explore similar words and dialect variants when data is available.