self-pronouncing

American

[self-pruh-noun-sing] / ˈsɛlf prəˈnaʊn sɪŋ /

adjective

having the pronunciation indicated, especially by diacritical marks added on original spellings rather than by phonetic symbols.

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self-pronouncing British

adjective

(in a phonetic transcription) of, relating to, or denoting a word that, except for additional diacritic marks of stress, may keep the letters of its ordinary orthography to represent its pronunciation

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New universal self-pronouncing dictionary of the English language.

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