Klryz
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.

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walk-up

/ˈwɔkʌp/ adjective, noun

Forms walk-ups walkup

  1. adjective (of an apartment etc) Reached by stairs rather than an elevator.
  2. adjective (of a block of apartments) Containing such flats.
  3. adjective (of a service) For which no appointment is necessary.
  4. noun (US) An apartment or block with stairs rather than an elevator.
  5. noun (aviation) An informal visit to a control tower by a pilot, typically used as part of pilot training.
  6. noun A mountain that can be climbed without specialist equipment.
  7. noun A customer who arrives without a reservation; a walk-in.
  8. noun An indoor or outdoor stand where food is sold to the public.
  9. noun Colaptes auratus, northern flicker.
  10. noun (music, especially bass) A sequence of notes that raises in pitch stepwise, connecting two or more chords.
  11. noun A place where one can approach by walking, as a walk-in. “There is a walk-up window at the post office.”

Synonyms

walk-in walk-up apartment

Etymology

(northern flicker): Imitative of the bird's call.

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 — from the Wiktionary entry “walk-up”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details