English spellings/Catalogs/U

This page lists pronunciations of English words that begin with U. To see a different letter (or the main page) navigate with the table at the top.

U
Û = yoû person

UÈFA *yu-wâfə

'''uhúh

Uìghur *Wêeger, rhyming with '''Sêeger

ukelèlê yû-

Ukrâine Yû-; -âine, not -âne

'''umbílical

ún- not hyphenated

úndergròund adjective before noun, metro, one word; otherwise '''under gròund

underrâted -rr-

understánd one word

'''undertâke

únder wây or únderwây

undo -û

ÛNICEF YÛ-

'''únidéntified

ûnîted yû-

unknôwn - silent k, so two n’s sounded

unnôticed - two n’s sounded

'''unprécedented

'''úprŏar

ür- original = ër ''pause

Ûral Yû-

Urálic Yû-

Urânus *Yərânəss: *Yùrənəss is a euphemism

ürban ''town

urbâne civilised

'''ürchin

'''Ürdu

ûríne yû-

urînal yû-

ürn ashes = ëarn money = ërne ''eagle

Ürquhart -quh- *Ürkət, *Ürcàrt, *Ïrk-heàrt

Ùruguay Yù-

ÛS America *yû-wéss, cf. ús ''we

ûse noun *yoôss as in ẁhat ís the ûse? verb *yoôz as in '''ûse mîne

ûsed use *yoôzd as in ûsed cars; habituated *yoôst as in Î’m ûsed to thát and '''wê ûsed to gô thére

Ûtàh *yû-

Utôpia Yû- cf. eûlogy, also yû-