Template:Pronunciation

Summary

This template is designed to be used to show the pronunciation of English words or names, using a simple respelling method. It is intended especially to clarify the name of the article in the lead section.

Parameters

This template accepts up to five values, {{Pronunciation|1|2|3|4|5}}. Alternating values ending with the second-last are formatted small, so that when filled in all capital letters, the result is small caps:

{{Pronunciation|unstressed|STRESSED|unstressed|STRESSED|unstressed}}.

Therefore, when several unstressed syllables follow each other, they need to be placed together in a single cell. For final stress, put an apostrophe (') in the final cell; this means only four cells can take sound values:

{{Pronunciation|unstressed|STRESSED|unstressed|STRESSED|'}}.

For longer words, place more templates end to end, with a hyphen if necessary.

Examples

Here are examples of how to use the template for words with different numbers of syllables and different stress patterns:

	Pattern	Example	Coding	Result
No stress	.	of	{{Pronunciation|uv}}	uv
Two syllables, first one stressed	– .	Ceres	{{Pronunciation|SEER|eez}}	seer-eez
Three syllables, middle one stressed	. – .	Haumea	{{Pronunciation|how|MAY|ə}}	how-may-ə
Stress followed by multiple unstressed syllables	– . . .	algorithm	{{Pronunciation|AL|gə-ridh-əm}}	al-gə-ridh-əm
Two stressed syllables	– . – .	Makemake	{{Pronunciation|MAH|kee|MAH|kee}}	mah-kee-mah-kee
Two stressed syllables with strings of unstressed syllables	. . – . . – . . . .	disestablishmentarianism	{{Pronunciation|dis-ə|STAB|lish-mən|TAIR|ee-ən-iz-əm}}	dis-ə-stab-lish-mən-tair-ee-ən-iz-əm
Monosyllable with stress	–	Pan	{{Pronunciation|PAN|'}}	pan
Two syllables, final stress	. –	perfume	{{Pronunciation|pər|FEWM|'}}	pər-fewm
Two stressed syllables, first and final	– . . –	overconsume Azerbaijan	{{Pronunciation|OH|vər-kən|SEWM|'}} {{Pronunciation|AZ|ər-by|JAHN|'}}	oh-vər-kən-sewm az-ər-by-jahn
Too many syllables for one template		if you wish upon a star	{{Pronunciation|IF|ew|WISH|ə-}}{{Pronunciation|PON|ə|STAR|'}}	if-ew-wish-ə-pon-ə-star
Word break fits inside a cell		betting odds	{{Pronunciation|BET|ing odz}}	bet-ing odz
Word break does not fit inside a cell		Jazze Pha	{{Pronunciation|JAZ|ee}} {{Pronunciation|FAY|'}}	jaz-ee fay