IPA Transcription of "u-turn" in American English

The American English IPA transcription of “u-turn” is /ˈju ˈtɝn/.

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uˈju
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turn

Dialect Variants

DialectIPAPOS
English (Australia)/ʉː - tɜːn/
English (United Kingdom)/ˈjuː - ˈtɜːn/

Derivations

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