IPA Transcription of "whistle" in American English

The American English IPA transcription of “whistle” is /ˈwɪsəl/.

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Dialect Variants

DialectIPAPOS
English (Australia)/ˈwɪsəl/
English (United Kingdom)/ˈwɪsl/
English (United Kingdom)/ˈwɪsəl/

Similar Pronunciations

/aɪsəl/3

/bɪsəl/2

/fɪsəl/3

/hwɪsəl/1

/hɪsəl/1

/kɪsəl/2

/mɪsəl/3

/sɪsəl/3

/waɪsəl/1

/wisəl/1

Derivations

  • countable/ˈkaʊntəbəl/
  • whistles/ˈwɪsəlz/ /hˈwɪsəlz/ /ˈhwɪsəlz/
  • whistled/ˈwɪsəld/ /ˈhwɪsəld/ /hˈwɪsəld/
  • whistler/ˈwɪslɚ/ /ˈhwɪslɚ/ /hˈwɪslɚ/ /ˈɪslɚ/
  • whistling/ˈɪslɪŋ/ /ˈhwɪslɪŋ/ /hˈwɪslɪŋ/ /ˈwɪslɪŋ/

Similar Words

  • whistler
    /ˈwɪslɚ//ˈhwɪslɚ//hˈwɪslɚ//ˈɪslɚ/
  • thistle
    /ˈθɪsəl/
  • whistled
    /ˈwɪsəld//ˈhwɪsəld//hˈwɪsəld/
  • whistles
    /ˈwɪsəlz//hˈwɪsəlz//ˈhwɪsəlz/
  • whittle
    /ˈwɪtəl//ˈɪtəl//hˈwɪtəl//ˈhwɪdəl//ˈwɪdəl/

Items

  • whistleinstrument which produces sound from a stream of forced air
  • Whistle2012 song by Flo Rida
  • Whistle2003 Tamil film directed by J.D. & Jerry
  • Whistle2016 single by Blackpink
  • Whistle2023 single by Jax Jones and Calum Scott
  • Whistle2013 Indian Kannada film directed by Prashant Raj
  • Whistle2019 soundtrack album by A. R. Rahman
  • WhistleAmerican 1980s band
  • WhistleWikimedia disambiguation page
  • Whistleunidentified sound recorded in 1997

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