-ough Edit Meaning

1.

can be pronounced in different ways depending on the letter{s} preceding it.

Compare with too two2 to too u-tu‘ tew’; note different pronounciations of consonant ‘J’.

See also: -augh.

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though{‘THoe’};

through{‘thru’, ‘threw’};

enough{‘enuff’};

cough{‘koff’} --compare with pronounciation of qoph{‘kawf’};

boughtsought{‘bawdt'‘sott’};

(et cetera ..)