Italian Consonants
The circumstance in which this consonant is pronounced as [z].
What is the letter “s” when intervocalic?
This symbol is used after the first vowel in a diphthong.
What is a colon?
This syllable is typically stressed in Italian.
What is the penultimate syllable?
The IPA transcription of the Italian word "vanno."
What is ['van:no]?
This consonant is either pronounced as [dz] or [ts].
What is z?
How the letter “a” is always IPA’d in Italian.
What is [a]?
[ˈkju.kəm.bɚ]
How is the world cucumber transcribed in IPA?
A stop-plosive consonant that creates a less aspirate sound in Italian than in English.
What is the letter T?
The IPA transcription of the word "implication."
What is [Im.plI.ˈkeI.ʃən]?
The sound and letters that create the symbol [ɲ].
What is gn?
This sound is created when the letters Gli appear together.
What is [ʎ]?
The IPA transcription of the word "steak."
What is [steIk]?
These IPA symbols that are commonly used in English are never used in Italian.
What are [ʌ], [ə]. [æ], [I], and [ʊ]?
This is how the letters qu are transcribed in IPA.
What is [kw]?
These vowels are always closed (unless followed by L, M, N, or R plus another consonant).
What are unstressed "e" and unstressed "o"?
[daI.ˈnæ.mIk]
What is the IPA transcription of the word "dynamic"?
This consonant is silent in Italian, but may effect the pronunciation of some consonant and vowel combinations.
What is h?
[kaʊtʃ]
How is the word "couch" transcribed in IPA?
When preceding i plus another vowel, these consonants make the “i” silent.
What are g, c, and sc?
The syllabic stress that makes both “e” and “o” open.
What is the anti-penult?
The IPA transcription of the word "acceptable."
What is [æk.ˈsɛp.tə.bəl]?
In these words, one does not follow the typical rules in which “i” and “u” turn into glides when followed by another vowel, but one pronounces the vowel combination as two separate syllables.
What are two-to-three letter words?
The IPA transcription of the Italian word "tradizionale"?
What is [tra.di.tsjo.'na.le]?