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зоол. – zoology
иск. – art
римск. – Roman
с.-х. – agriculture
A number of Russian words similar in written form have different
meaning depending on the position of stress. These words are
marked in the dictionary with accent marks put before the stressed
vowel.
Phonetic Transcription
Pronunciation of English words in the Dictionary is illustrated by
means of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA).
The following consonant symbols have their usual English values:
b, d, f, h, k, l, m, n, p, r, s, t, v, w, z.
However, certain sounds require symbols with markedly different
values:
Symbol Example Symbol Example

pit

cut
i: bee
ə
circus
e bet
θ
thin

pat
ð
they
ɑ:
father
ʃ
she

book

treasure
u:
room

chair
ɒ
lodge

job
ɔ:
more
ŋ
learning
:
fur
j
yes
The symbol : denotes length and is shown with certain vowel
symbols when the vowels are typically long. For example: people
[pi:pəl].
Primary stress is shown by  before the affected syllable, while
secondary stress is shown by . For example: organization
[ɔ:rgənəzeʃən].