Pronouncing Vocabulary of Proper Names and Foreign Words
The Diacritical Marks given are those found in the latest edition of Webster’s International Dictionary.
Explanation of Diacritical Marks
A Dash (¯) above the vowel denotes the long sound, as in fāte, ēve, tīme, nōte, ūse.
A Curve (˘) above the vowel denotes the short sound, as in ădd, ĕnd, ĭll, ŏdd, ŭp.
A Dot ( ̇) above the vowel a denotes the obscure sound of a in pȧst, ȧbāte, Amĕricȧ.
A Double Dot (¨) above the vowel a denotes the broad sound of a in fäther, älms.
A Double Dot (..) below the vowel a denotes the sound of a in ba̤ll.
A Wave (~) above the vowel e denotes the sound of e in hẽr.
A Circumflex Accent (^) above the vowel o denotes the sound of o in bôrn.
ḗ sounds like e in dḗpĕnd.
ṓ sounds like o in prṓpōse.
ç sounds like s.
c̵ sounds like k.
ṣ̱ sounds like z.
ḡ is hard as in ḡet.
ġ is soft as in ġem.
Aeneas (ḗ n eéȧs).
Alcibiades (Ălçĭbī́ȧdēz).
Anchises (ăn kī́ s eez).
Apocrypha (ȧ pŏḱrĭ fȧ).
Apollo (Ȧpŏĺlō).
Arras (Ärräś).
Augustine (á̤ḡŭs t een).
Barnabas (Bäŕnȧbȧs).
Borgo (Bôŕḡō).
Calliope (c̵ăllī́ṓpḗ).
Costis (c̵ŏśtĭs).
Creusa (c̵rēū́sȧ).
Dante (Dăńtḗ).
Elias (Ḗlī́ȧs).
Elijah (Ḗlī́jah).
Galilee (Ḡăĺĭl ee).
Gennesaret (Ḡĕnnĕśȧrĕt).
Gentiles (Ḡĕńtīleṣ̱).
Heliodorus (Hēlĭōdṓrŭs).
Hercules (Hẽŕc̵ūlēṣ̱).
Herod (Hĕŕŏd).
Hippocrene (Hĭppōc̵rḗnḗ).
Iulus (Iū́lŭs).
Josephus (jō s eéfŭs).
Leonardo da Vinci (lā ō näŕdō dä vĭńch ee).
Loggia (lŏd́jȧ).
Louvre (loóvr).
Lycaonia (līk ȧ ṓnĭ ȧ).
Lystra (Ly̆śtrȧ).
Maccabees (măḱ ȧ b eez).
Madame (Mădämé).
Magdalene (Măǵ dā̇̇̇̇̇̇lĕn).
Mamre (Măḿ rē).
Maximin (Măx́ĭmĭn).
Melchisedec (mĕl kĭź ḗ dĕk).
Mercurius (Mẽrc̵ū́rĭŭs).
Minerva (Mĭnẽŕvȧ).
Onias (O̱nī́ȧs).
Parnassus (Pärnăśsŭs).
Pericles (Pĕŕĭc̵leṣ̱).
Perugino (pā roo j eé nō).
Piacenza (Pē ä chĕń dzä).
Pindar (Pĭńdär).
Plato (Plā́tō).
Plautus (Plá̤tŭs).
Polymnia (Pṓly̆ḿnĭȧ).
Raphael (Rä́fāĕl).
Sabinella (Săbĭnĕĺlȧ).
Sappho (săf́fō).
Sheba (Shḗbȧ).
Signora (S een yṓrȧ).
Sinai (Sīńī).
Sistine (Sĭśt een).
Socrates (Sŏć̵rȧtēṣ̱).
Sodom (Sŏd́ŏm).
Stanza d́Eliodoro (Stäńdzä dā lḗ ṓ dṓ rō).
Urban (Uŕbȧn).
Urbino (oor b eenō).
Vasari (vä sä́ r ee).
Vatican (Văt́ĭc̵ăn).
Xenophon (zĕńṓ fŏn).
Zebedee (Zĕb́ĕd ee).