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This page lists pronunciations of English words that begin with K. To see a different letter (or the main page) navigate with the table at the top.
This page lists pronunciations of English words that begin with K. To see a different letter (or the main page) navigate with the table at the top.

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This page lists pronunciations of English words that begin with K. To see a different letter navigate with the table above. The apostrophe is treated as the last letter of the alphabet, after Z.

For a pronunciation key, click on the blue "Catalogs" link below the article title.[e]


This page lists pronunciations of English words that begin with K. To see a different letter (or the main page) navigate with the table at the top.

K

K = Kây person

Kàbul - some say Kabùl

Kadìma

Kafkaésque *Káfkə-ésk: there may be a glottal stop before é

kamikàzê

kapùt unlike German 'kaputt'

karaôkê *kariôkêy, *cárry-ôkie

Káren ancient

Kàrin modern

kàrma

Kashmìr Asia = cashmêre wool

Kathmandû Kátm-

Kátz person = cáts cat

kebáb

kêen interested, sharp = Kêane = Kêene persons

Kêighley *Kêithley

Kêith

kërb street = cürb lessen, street

kërnel centre = colonel army

kérosêne or kérosìne

Kërr person = cür dog

Kérry cf. Cãry = Cãrey (minimal pair)

késtrel

kétchup

kéttle water cf. cáttle farm (minimal pair)

kêy door = quaỳ port

kêyboard one word

Kèynes John Maynard = cânes

Kêynes Milton = kêens

Kèynsham

Khachatûrian *Kachachûrian

khàkì - either syllable stressed

Khmér Kəm-

Kìév *Kìyéff

kìlo

kílomêtre or kilómetre; AmE -er

kînd

kíndred -dríd

kíngly

Kíngsley cf. Mackínley

Kirkûdbright *Kəkûbry

kítsch *kítch

Kleîn = Clîne

kn- n-

knâve cad, cards = nâve church

knêad dough = nêed necessary = knêed knee

knêejerk one word, n-

knêel down = Nêil, etc. persons

Knésset - K sounded

kneŵ know = neŵ fresh

kníck-knáck cf. Níck

knîght chess, Sir *nîte = Knîght person = nîght dark

knít wool = nít creature, fool

knóck *nóck, cf. noòk

knót tie = nót no = Knótt person

knôw acquaint = negative

knôw-hòw knowledge is hyphenated = nôhòw anyhow

knôw-nothing adjective one word

knówledge *nólij

knôwn cf. nòne

knôws know = nôse face

Knóx person = knócks knock, n-

koòky eccentric = coòkie cake

Koràn

Korêa peninsula = BrE carêer job, fast

Kósovô BrE; AmE Kôsovo, -ss-

kowtòw *kòw-tòw

kràùtróck *cròutróck, not capitalised

Kürt person = cürt abrupt

Kuwâit

Kyrgyzstān - Kýr- is giving way, regularising to Kÿr-