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'''Jôêy''' ''Joseph'' = '''jôey''' ''animal
'''Jôêy''' ''Joseph'' = '''jôey''' ''animal


'''Jôan''' cf. '''Jônes''' = '''Jôan's
'''Jôan''' *Jône; '''Jôan's''' = '''Jônes'''


'''Joánna''' cf. '''Diána
'''Joánna''' -ôwá- cf. '''Diána''' -îyá-


'''Joánne''' cf. '''Diáne
'''Joánne''' -ôwán cf. '''Diáne''' -îyán
 
'''Jôannie'' = '''Jôni


'''jób''' ''work
'''jób''' ''work

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Use in English
Alphabetical word list
Retroalphabetical list  
Common misspellings  


This page lists pronunciations of English words that begin with J. 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]


J = jây bird

Jáckie either sex = Jácky male = Jácqui female

Jâin religion = Jâne person, cf. Jêan, Jôan, Jûne

jalópy

jámb door = jám bread, rhyming with lámb

Jánet

Jânus

Japán

jéalous *jélləss

Jêan = Gêne persons = gêne genetics, cf. Jâne person

jêans trousers = gênes genetics

Jehôvah's Wítness

jéll shape = gél hair

jélly

jéopardy *jéppardy, cf. léopard, also silent o

Jéricho -kô

Jerôme

Jérry = Gérry

Jéssê = Jéssìê

Jêsus -z-

Jésûít -z-

jéttison

jétty

Jeŵ cf. Jûdaism

jeŵel stone cf. dûel fight = dûal two

jeŵeller *jûəler

jihád

jínx bad luck = jínks high jinks

Josephine, usually = Jôe Joseph

Jôêy Joseph = jôey animal

Jôan *Jône; Jôan's = Jônes

Joánna -ôwá- cf. Diána -îyá-

Joánne -ôwán cf. Diáne -îyán

Jôannie = Jôni

jób work

Jôb person

jóckey *jóckie

jódphurs *jódpers

jöurnal

jöurney

Jûdâísm AmE *Jûdêísm

júdgement or júdgment: soft g

Jûdith

Jûdy

jûice fruit *jûce, cf. deûce two, equal

Jûlia

Jûlie

Jûliet traditionally has a schwa for the e, cf. French-style Juliétte

Julŷ month cf. Jûdy, Jûlie

júmpstart one word

jùnta or ú or h-

jûry justice = Jeŵry Jew, cf. Dûry person, Neŵry town

Jústin

Justìne

Jûvenal

jûvenîle