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@ptarjan ptarjan commented Feb 25, 2026

Duplicate of cmusphinx/cmudict#47 — submitted here per discussion in cmusphinx/cmudict#53 about which repo is canonical.

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.

Standard English words

Word Pronunciation IPA (GenAm) Source
CHAMOIS SH AE1 M IY0 /ˈʃæm.i/ Merriam-Webster, Dictionary.com
CURTSEY K ER1 T S IY0 /ˈkɝːt.si/ British variant of existing "curtsy"
DEVS D EH1 V Z /dɛvz/ Plural of "dev"
DRACHM D R AE1 M /dræm/ Dictionary.com
EMOJI IH0 M OW1 JH IY0 /iˈmoʊ.dʒi/ Cambridge US
OBSEQUIES AA1 B S IH0 K W IY0 Z /ˈɑːb.sɪ.kwiz/ Cambridge US
OPPUGNANT AH0 P AH1 G N AH0 N T /əˈpʌɡ.nənt/ Dictionary.com
OPPUGNERS AH0 P Y UW1 N ER0 Z /əˈpjuːnɝz/ Merriam-Webster — silent 'g' like "impugn"
PHAETON F EY1 IH0 T AH0 N /ˈfeɪ.ɪ.tən/ Dictionary.com
PIQUET P IH0 K EY1 /pɪˈkeɪ/ Dictionary.com
PUISNE P Y UW1 N IY0 /ˈpjuː.ni/ Dictionary.com
TERPSICHORE T ER0 P S IH1 K ER0 IY0 /tɝpˈsɪk.ər.i/ Merriam-Webster
VICTUAL V IH1 T AH0 L /ˈvɪt.əl/ Dictionary.com
VICTUALS V IH1 T AH0 L Z /ˈvɪt.əlz/ Plural of victual
VLOG V L AO1 G /vlɑːɡ/ Cambridge US

Tech terms

Word Pronunciation Notes
ASYNC EY1 S IH0 NG K Abbreviation of "asynchronous"
CHATGPT CH AE1 T JH IY1 P IY1 T IY1 "chat" + G-P-T spelled out
LOCALHOST L OW1 K AH0 L HH OW2 S T "local" + "host"
NPM EH1 N P IY1 EH1 M Spelled out: N-P-M
OAUTH OW1 AO1 TH Open Authorization protocol
SUDO S UW1 D OW0 Unix "superuser do" command
WEBPACK W EH1 B P AE1 K "web" + "pack"

Proper nouns

Word Pronunciation IPA (GenAm) Source
CHOLMONDELEY CH AH1 M L IY0 /ˈtʃʌm.li/ Wiktionary
ISLINGTON IH1 Z L IH0 NG T AH0 N /ˈɪz.lɪŋ.tən/ Wiktionary
STREATHAM S T R EH1 T AH0 M /ˈstɹɛt.əm/ Pronounce London

Found while building Ingglish, a phonetic English spelling tool that relies on CMUdict.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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