Ɔ: - LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O

Between half-open and half-close, back, with medium lip rounding. Free (long) and tense (strong).

For the articulation of RP /ɔ:/ the back of the tongue is raised between the half-open and half-close position and no contact is made between the tongue and the upper molars.

There is medium lip-rounding. Its quality lies between CV 6 [ɔ] and CV 7 [o], i.e. [ɔ˔] or [o˕].

Spelling

<ar, or, ore, ure> wa/wɔ:/, toward /təˈwɔ:d/, sword /sɔ:d/, forward /ˈfɔ:wəd/, sore /sɔ:/, sure /ʃʊə/
<oa> broad /brɔ:d/, abroad /əˈbrɔ:d/
<our, oar, oor> four /fɔ:/, board /bɔ:d/, poor /pɔ:/
<aw, au, augh> awful /ˈɔ:fl̩/, cause /kɔ:z/, daughter /ˈdɔ:tə/
<a> + <ll, lt, ld, lk, ls> all /ɔ:l/, salt /sɔ:lt/ , bald /bɔːld/, stalk /stɔ:k/, also /ˈɔ:lsəʊ/
<ou> + <silent gh> ought /ɔ:t/, fought /fɔ:t/
Rare cases:
<awer> drawer /drɔ:/ ('sliding box')
<aw> drawer /drɔ:/ ('person who draws')
<awe> awe /ɔ:/

Examples

law / lɔ: /


bald /bɔ:ld /


sought /sɔ:t/


sword /sɔ:d/


water /ˈwɔ:tə/


always /ˈɔ:lweɪz/


before /bɪˈfɔ:/


author /ˈɔ:θə/


Sean's daughter, Laura, adores small tortoises and football.
ˈʃɔ:nz ˈdɔ:tə ˈlɔ:rə əˈdɔ:z ˈsmɔ:l ˈtɔ:təsɪz ənd ˈfʊtbɔ:l/



Paul thought going to Malta in August or in autumn is a bore.
/ˈpɔ:l ˈθɔ:t ˈɡəʊɪŋ tə ˈmɔ:ltə ɪn ˈɔ:ɡəst ɔ:r ɪn ˈɔ:təm ˈɪz ə ˈbɔ:/



The author of the story, George, has already gone in the yacht for a fourteen minute sail in the cold water.
/ ði ˈɔ:θə əv ðə ˈstɔ:ri ˈdʒɔ:dʒ həz ɔ:lˈredi ˈɡɒn ɪn ðə ˈjɒt fər ə ˌfɔ:ti:n ˌmɪnɪt ˈseɪl ɪn ðə ˈkəʊld ˈwɔ:tə/



Knife and a fork, bottle and a cork that is the way you spell New York.
/naɪf ənd ə fɔ:k ˈbɒtl̩ ənd ə ˈkɔ:k ˈðæt ɪs ðə ˈweɪ ju ˈspel ˈnju: ˈjɔ:k/



Does this shop sport cords and short socks with spots?
/dəz ðɪs ˈʃɒp ˈspɔ:t ˈkɔ:dz ənd ˈʃɔ:t ˈsɒks wɪð ˈspɒts/



I saw a saw in Warsaw that could outsaw any saw that I ever saw.
/ˈaɪ ˈsɔ: ə ˈsɔ: ɪn ˈwɔ:sɔ: ðət kəd ˌaʊtˈsɔ: ˈeni ˈsɔ: ðət ˈaɪ ˈevə ˈsɔ:/

Pronunciation




The back of the tongue is placed between the half-open and half-closed position.

There's medium lip-rounding and no contact is made between the tongue and the upper molars. The soft palate is raised (unless followed by a nasal).




Half-open back vowel.

When we pronounce this sound, the back of the tongue is raised towards the soft palate, between the half-open and the half-close position.

The lips are rounded. The vocal folds vibrate during the production of this sound.

Spelling

<o>

Examples

origen


cosa


coro


El loro orondo se comió un bollo.

Pronunciation




The back of the tongue is raised towards the soft palate, between the half-open and the half-close position. The lips are rounded. The vocal folds vibrate during the production of this sound.