English spellings/Catalogs/Retro U

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This page lists pronunciations of English words that end in U. The list is in retroalphabetical order, that is, alphabetically beginning with the final letter of the word (in this case U) and continuing backwards through it.

The apostrophe is treated as the last letter of the alphabet, after Z. Click on the blue "Catalogs" link below the article title for a pronunciation key.[e]


after a consonant: -û

*táblô tábleau

*byoôrô bûreau

trûe sô = troûsseau

*pláttô pláteau

Êsåu

Nássåu

silent u in Guínea; rhyming with hòw: Guínea Bíssàù

Málibu

Z- Xánadu

Kathmandû *Cát-mán-do

haîku

chimney flûe = illness flû

*êemyoô êmu

*noô, although perhaps more famous as 'gənû' in the Flanders and Swann song: gnû

vénue rhymes with ménu

cáriboû

Wag- Ouagadoûgoû

thòu

loô = Loû

Perû

gùru

Uhùru