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New entries verified against Cambridge Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, and/or Dictionary.com: Standard English words: chamois SH AE1 M IY0 — /ˈʃæm.i/ curtsey K ER1 T S IY0 — British variant of "curtsy" devs D EH1 V Z — plural of "dev" drachm D R AE1 M — /dræm/ (silent ch) emoji IH0 M OW1 JH IY0 — /ɪˈmoʊ.dʒi/ obsequies AA1 B S IH0 K W IY0 Z — /ˈɑːb.sɪ.kwiz/ oppugnant AH0 P AH1 G N AH0 N T — /əˈpʌɡ.nənt/ oppugners AH0 P AH1 G N ER0 Z — /əˈpʌɡ.nərz/ phaeton F EY1 IH0 T AH0 N — /ˈfeɪ.ɪ.tən/ piquet P IH0 K EY1 — /pɪˈkeɪ/ puisne P Y UW1 N IY0 — /ˈpjuː.ni/ terpsichore T ER1 P S IH1 K ER0 IY0 — /tɜːrpˈsɪk.ər.i/ victual V IH1 T AH0 L — /ˈvɪt.əl/ (silent c) victuals V IH1 T AH0 L Z — plural vlog V L AO1 G — video blog Tech terms: async EY1 S IH0 NG K — asynchronous (abbrev) chatgpt CH AE1 T JH IY1 P IY1 T IY1 — chat + G-P-T localhost L OW1 K AH0 L HH OW1 S T — local + host npm EH1 N P IY1 EH1 M — spelled out oauth OW1 AO1 TH — open authorization sudo S UW1 D OW0 — superuser do webpack W EH1 B P AE1 K — web + pack Proper nouns: cholmondeley CH AH1 M L IY0 — /ˈtʃʌm.li/ islington IH1 Z L IH0 NG T AH0 N — /ˈɪz.lɪŋ.tən/ streatham S T R EH1 T AH0 M — /ˈstret.əm/
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- chamois: SH AE1 M IY0 (/ˈʃæmi/) — standard AmE per MW and Dictionary.com - oppugners: AH0 P Y UW1 N ER0 Z — silent 'g' like impugn, per MW - terpsichore: T ER0 P S IH1 K ER0 IY0 — primary stress on 2nd syllable per MW - localhost: L OW1 K AH0 L HH OW2 S T — secondary stress on compound 2nd element Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Summary
Adds 25 words that are in standard English dictionaries but missing from CMUdict. All pronunciations are General American and verified against published IPA transcriptions.
Cross-referencing
Where possible, pronunciations were cross-referenced across multiple dictionaries (Cambridge US, Dictionary.com, Merriam-Webster) to verify GenAm consistency.
All other words showed consistent GenAm transcriptions across sources.
Standard English words
Tech terms
Proper nouns
Found while building Ingglish, a phonetic English spelling tool that relies on CMUdict.