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Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

English Dictionary · 107,383 entries · Sources & licences

valencia

/vəˈlɛnsi.ə/ noun, proper noun

Forms valencias valentia

  1. noun A kind of woven fabric for waistcoats, having the weft of wool and the warp of silk or cotton.
  2. proper noun The capital city of the autonomous community of Valencia, Spain.
  3. proper noun An autonomous community of Spain; in full, Valencian Community.
  4. proper noun A province of the autonomous community of Valencia, Spain.
  5. proper noun A town and municipality of Córdoba department, in northern Colombia.
  6. proper noun The capital city of Valencia canton, Ecuador.
  7. proper noun A canton of Los Ríos Province, Ecuador.
  8. proper noun A barangay of Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines.
  9. proper noun A barangay of Tayabas, Quezon, Philippines.
  10. noun A kind of sweet orange.
  11. noun Any of various cocktails made with orange juice.

Etymology

Perhaps from Valence in France.

From Spanish Valencia, from Latin Valentia, from valentia (“power, vigour”). Doublet of Valence.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A kind of woven fabric for waistcoats, having the weft of wool and the warp of silk or cotton. [Written also valentia.]

Etymology [Perhaps fr. Valence in France.]

Sources: Wiktionary · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “valencia”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details