Cambridge Pronouncing Dictionary

by Daniel Jones, Peter Roach (Editor), James Hartman (Editor)

The Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary is the ultimate guide to pronunciation in English. Thousands of pronunciations not shown in general dictionaries are included, from people and places, to words from science, technology and literature. The 17th edition is edited by three of the most distinguished phonetics scholars working today. • NEW! Up-to-date entries including general vocabulary and people and places in the news • NEW! Lively study pages help with common areas of difficulty • Clear, accessible layout with 80,000 entries and 220,000 British and North American pronunciations using the International Phonetic Alphabet • 200 information panels explaining phonetics terminology

Genres: Reference, Dictionaries, Linguistics, Language

622 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1981

About the author

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Daniel Jones was a British phonetician.

Reviews

[Bogdan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Physical dictionaries are limited, hence are likely to include less words than the ones available online.
Why would you then choose this one?
-some people like to read physical books, it might be more comfortable
-for the sake of authority-you believe the authors have a more authoritative say
-online dictionaries might disappear overnight or be clogged with ads (yes, it happens)

Some nice features of this dictionary:
--most pronunciation dictionaries (in fact all that I got hold on) are written by British authors. However, this one also gives the US pronunciation.
--the pronunciation of the families of words (eg past tense, plural) are also given
--there are scattered very nice snippets with pronunciation tips and listings of pronunciations of groups of letters

And a mistake: 'woman' appears as wɪmɪn but no one around here (Canada) and I am pretty sure in US does pronounce it this way; instead it's wɪmən

Daniel Jones was a phonetician with groundbreaking results-he died in 1967.

[Shyam Sharma · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow

[Lalani Dhananjani · Rating 3 out of 5]

Best dictionary

[giada cannizzaro · Rating 4 out of 5]

Had to use it for uni, good dictionary overall

[Anbourvila Samuel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good

[Tovah · Rating 5 out of 5]

for the difference between Mary, marry and merry

[Natalya Pichugina]

good

[กรรณิการ์ เหมชัย]

May I look inside it for example?

[Salamat Ullah]

i want to improve my listening and speaking skill of English language