English pronunciation Some English speakers, and some speakers of other languages, use the reconstructed pronunciation guide for Classical Latin when speaking Botanical Latin  . Latin names pronounced by gardeners and English botanists usually follow a system close to English. It differs greatly from Classical pronunciation, and also from Ecclesiastical Latin pronunciation (which is based on Italian, and has, for example, c before i or e pronounced as ch).  Every vowel is pronounced, except diphthongs, which are treated as single long vowels. In classical Latin words of several syllables the stress falls on the syllable next to the last one (the penultimate) when this syllable is long ... e.g., for-mō'-sus, or when two consonants separate the two last vowels, e.g., cru-ěn'-tus ... on the last syllable but two (the antepenultimate) when the last but one is short, e.g. flō-ri-dus. Traditional English pronunciation The following table is simplified from Stearn 1992. The pronunciation transcriptions for medical terminology in major medical dictionaries, such as Dorland’s Illustrated Medical Dictionary and Stedman's Medical Dictionary, match these values. Letter(s) IPA Pronounced likeā/eɪ/fateǎ/æ/fatae (diphthong)/iː/, /iə/meatau (diphthong)/aʊ/like aw in awlc before a, o, or u/k/catc before e, i, or y/s/centreē/iː/meĕ/ɛ/petei (diphthong)/aɪ/heightg before a, o, or u/ɡ/gog before e, i, or y/d͡ʒ/gemi/ɪ/pit Letter(s) IPA Pronounced likeō/oʊ/noteŏ/ɒ/notoe (diphthong)/iː/, /iə/like ee in beeoi (not a diphthong)/ɒ.ɪ/o iph/f/like ft/t/table, or nationū/uː/bruteŭ/ʌ/tubui (not a diphthong)/uː.ɪ/, /ʊ.ɪ/doingv/v/vanȳ/aɪ/cyphery̆/ɪ/cynical
English pronunciation Some English speakers, and some speakers of other languages, use the reconstructed pronunciation guide for Classical Latin when speaking Botanical Latin words . Latin names pronounced by gardeners and English botanists usually follow a system close to English. It differs greatly from Classical pronunciation, and also from Ecclesiastical Latin pronunciation (which is based on Italian, and has, for example, c before i or e pronounced as ch). Classical pronunciation Every vowel is pronounced, except diphthongs, which are treated as single long vowels. In classical Latin words of several syllables the stress falls on the syllable next to the last one (the penultimate) when this syllable is long ... e.g., for-mō'-sus, or when two consonants separate the two last vowels, e.g., cru-ěn'-tus ... on the last syllable but two (the antepenultimate) when the last but one is short, e.g. flō-ri-dus. English pronunciation The following table is simplified from Stearn 1992. The pronunciation transcriptions for medical terminology in major medical dictionaries, such as Dorland’s Illustrated Medical Dictionary and Stedman's Medical Dictionary, match these values. Letter(s) IPA Pronounced likeā/eɪ/fateǎ/æ/fatae (diphthong)/iː/, /iə/meatau (diphthong)/aʊ/like aw in awlc before a, o, or u/k/catc before e, i, or y/s/centreē/iː/meĕ/ɛ/petei (diphthong)/aɪ/heightg before a, o, or u/ɡ/gog before e, i, or y/d͡ʒ/gemi/ɪ/pit Letter(s) IPA Pronounced likeō/oʊ/noteŏ/ɒ/notoe (diphthong)/iː/, /iə/like ee in beeoi (not a diphthong)/ɒ.ɪ/o iph/f/like ft/t/table, or nationū/uː/bruteŭ/ʌ/tubui (not a diphthong)/uː.ɪ/, /ʊ.ɪ/doingv/v/vanȳ/aɪ/cyphery̆/ɪ/cynical
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