English spellings > Catalogs > U
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This page lists pronunciations of English words that begin with U. To see a different letter navigate with the table above.
The apostrophe is treated as the last letter of the alphabet, after Z.[e]
Û = yoû person
UÈFA *yu-wâfə
úh ôh oh, no! two words
uhúh yes, one word = uh húh, two, *úhú, *əhə; 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 [1]
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
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
upón on, time, cf. úp ón
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; 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
Ûtàh *yû-
Utôpia Yû- cf. eûlogy, also yû-
