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'''p''' is an bilabilal stop, an unvoiced '''b''' (compare '''pén''' and '''Bén'''), a popping sound with the lips in the same position as '''b''' and '''m''' (as in '''mén''').  Examples (the accents show stress and pronunciation: see [[English phonemes]]): '''póp, pâper, plûral, pêople, pét, pépper, pénsion, ápt, flípped, câper, apàrt, stoôp, recoûp, groûp, bürp, hàrp, stóp, cóp, rôpe, hŷpe, tŷpe'''.
'''p''' is an bilabilal stop, an unvoiced '''b''' (compare '''pén''' and '''Bén'''), a popping sound with the lips in the same position as '''b''' and '''m''' (as in '''mén''').  Examples (the accents show stress and pronunciation: see [[English phonemes]]): '''póp, pâper, plûral, pêople, pét, pépper, pénsion, ápt, flípped, câper, apàrt, stoôp, recoûp, groûp, bürp, hàrp, stóp, cóp, rôpe, hŷpe, tŷpe'''.


'''p''' begins consonant clusters: '''ápfelstrudel, plús, apnoêa, présent, Épsom, ápt'''.
'''p''' begins consonant clusters: '''ápfelstrudel, plús, apnoêa, hypnôsis, hypnótic, présent, Épsom, ápt'''.
   
   
'''p''' is silent at the beginning of a word before '''n, s, t''': '''pterodáctyl, pneumátic, pneumônia, pseûdonym, ptàrmigan, Ptómely''' and in '''recêipt''', which rhymes with '''decêit''' (cf. '''recéption''' -psh-).
'''p''' is silent at the beginning of a word before '''n, s, t''': '''pterodáctyl, pneumátic, pneumônia, pseûdonym, ptàrmigan, Ptómely''' and in '''recêipt''', which rhymes with '''decêit''' (cf. '''recéption''' -psh-).

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P, p is a letter of the Latin alphabet. It is the sixteenth letter of most variants, being placed after O and before Q, as is the case for instance in the English alphabet. Its English name is pronounced [ˈpiː], like the vegetable pea.

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p is an bilabilal stop, an unvoiced b (compare pén and Bén), a popping sound with the lips in the same position as b and m (as in mén). Examples (the accents show stress and pronunciation: see English phonemes): póp, pâper, plûral, pêople, pét, pépper, pénsion, ápt, flípped, câper, apàrt, stoôp, recoûp, groûp, bürp, hàrp, stóp, cóp, rôpe, hŷpe, tŷpe.

p begins consonant clusters: ápfelstrudel, plús, apnoêa, hypnôsis, hypnótic, présent, Épsom, ápt.

p is silent at the beginning of a word before n, s, t: pterodáctyl, pneumátic, pneumônia, pseûdonym, ptàrmigan, Ptómely and in recêipt, which rhymes with decêit (cf. recéption -psh-).

It doubles only in the middle, to shorten the preceding vowel: hópping (cf. hópped, hôped), flóppy (cf. flóp), snápped, háppy, háppen, náppy, rípper, cúpped, stépping, and after an initial vowel as in appŏrtion, appŏintment, apprôach, applŷ, opportûnity, úpper.

ph = f: Phílip, trôphy, phenómenon, grāph, apóstrophê, Philadélphia, Dáphnê (-fn), aphrodísiac (-fr-), phãraôh (-rô) but Stêphen = Stêven.

Before p, n becomes m (with the exception of ínpùt): impŏrtant, cómpost, cf. -nf- in informâtion, confŏrm (which can be pronounced *ímformâtion, *comfŏrm - as can ínpùt *impùt, cf. impûte).

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