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Pronunciation: IPA: [ˈt͡ɕɛmnɔ ˈjak v dupʲɛ u muʐɨna] Very dark. Literally "as dark as the inside of a black person's ass" Skośny Pronunciation: IPA: [ˈskɔɕnɨ] An offensive term for an Asian person. In a non-vulgar context: diagonal. Żółtek Pronunciation: IPA: An offensive term for an Asian person, literally "yellowie".
The following pronunciation respelling key is used in some Wikipedia articles to respell the pronunciations of English words. It does not use special symbols or diacritics apart from the schwa (ə), which is used for the first sound in the word "about". See documentation for {} for examples and instructions on using the template.
Many of these are degenerations in the pronunciation of names that originated in other languages. Sometimes a well-known namesake with the same spelling has a markedly different pronunciation. These are known as heterophonic names or heterophones (unlike heterographs , which are written differently but pronounced the same).
Normally, pronunciation is given only for the subject of the article in its lead section. For non-English words and names, use the pronunciation key for the appropriate language. If a common English rendering of the non-English name exists (Venice, Nikita Khrushchev), its pronunciation, if necessary, should be indicated before the non-English one.
Zika virus (ZIKV; pronounced / ˈ z iː k ə / or / ˈ z ɪ k ə / [3] [4]) is a member of the virus family Flaviviridae. [5] It is spread by daytime-active Aedes mosquitoes, such as A. aegypti and A. albopictus. [5]
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Pronunciation is the way in which a word or a language is spoken. This may refer to generally agreed-upon sequences of sounds used in speaking a given word or language in a specific dialect ("correct" or "standard" pronunciation) or simply the way a particular individual speaks a word or language.
The mat-word "хуй" ("khuy") in Max Vasmer's Russisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [] (Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language). Heidelberg, 1950–1958. Mat (Russian: мат; матерщи́на / ма́терный язы́к, matershchina / materny yazyk) is the term for vulgar, obscene, or profane language in Russian and some other Slavic language communities.