See ferd in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/fɜː(ɹ)d/"
},
{
"ipa": "/fɛɹd/",
"tags": [
"Scotland"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/feːd/",
"note": "Liverpool, fair–fur merger"
},
{
"ipa": "/fɛːd/",
"note": "Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)d"
}
],
"word": "ferd"
}
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