English spellings/Catalogs/U

Û = yoû person

UÈFA *yu-wâfə, *yu-wêfə, ≈ BrE yoû wâfer

uh *ə (the schwa sound alone), úh *ú, AmE equivalent to BrE '''ër

úh ôh oh, no! can have a hyphen to represent the central glottal stop

uhúh yes, one word = uh húh, two, *ú-hú, *ə-hə; according to the Urban Dictionary website, one must not confuse this with uh-uh, which is presumably a variant of úh ôh, above, as it means no

Uìghur *Wêeger, rhyming with êager, '''Sêeger

Ûkip *Yûkip

Ukrâine Yû-; -âine, not -âne

ukulèlê yû-

'''últimate

'''ultimâtum

Ûlyssês *Yoôlisêez

'''umbílical

ùmlàùt *oòmlòwt

ún- not is not a word, so adds a hyphen when not joined to a word

únderdog one word

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

'''underlîe

underrâted -rr-

understánd one word

'''undertâke

únder wây or únderwây

undo -û

undûe -yu

ÛNICEF YÛ-

'''únidéntified

ûnít yû-

unîte yû-

Ûnîted Stâtes Yû-; three syllables: foreign learners should avoid pronouncing a schwa between the two words

unknôwn - silent k, so lengthened 'double' n sounded: *ún-nôwn

unnôticed - two n’s sounded

'''unprécedented

'''untíl

untîtled no ún-, cf. entîtled ''yes

unwìêldy, cf. wìeld, wêir, wêird

upón on, time, cf. '''úp ón

'''úprŏar

ür- original = ër ''pause

Ûral Yû-

Urálic Yû-

Urânus *Yərânəss: *Yùrənəss is a euphemism

ürban town ër-

urbâne civilised

ürchin '''Ürdu

Urîah Hêep Dickens, band cf. hêap ''pile

ûríne yû-

urînal yû-

ürn ashes = ëarn money = ërne ''eagle

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

Ürsula -syələ or palatalised to -shələ

Ùruguay Yù-

ÛS America *yû-wéss, cf. ús we; American usage insists on 'U.S.', which avoids confusion with 'us' in uppercase contexts, such as tickers

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


 * (Compare ûsed to, *yoôstu, *yoôstə, as above, and ûse to, *yoôztu, a much rarer imperative: "Use [this in order] to...")

Ûtàh *Yû-

Utôpia Yû- cf. eûlogy, also yû-