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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waltz

UK /wɒlts/ · US /wɔlts/ noun, verb, proper noun

Forms waltzes waltzing waltzed

  1. noun A ballroom dance in 3/4 time.
  2. noun A piece of music for this dance (or in triple time).
  3. noun (informal) A simple task.
  4. verb (intransitive, transitive) To dance the waltz (with). “They waltzed for twenty-one hours and seventeen minutes straight, setting a record.”
  5. verb (intransitive, transitive, usually with in, into, around, etc.) To move briskly and unhesitatingly, especially in an inappropriately casual manner, or when unannounced or uninvited. “He waltzed into the room like he owned the place.”
  6. verb (informal) To accomplish a task with little effort. “Don't worry about the interview — you'll waltz it.”
  7. verb (transitive) To move with fanfare.
  8. proper noun A surname.
  9. proper noun A township in Wabash County, Indiana.
  10. proper noun An unincorporated community in Rowan County, Kentucky.
  11. proper noun An unincorporated community in Huron Township, Wayne County, Michigan.

Synonyms

breeze through walk-in valse waltz around

Etymology

From German Walzer, from walzen (“to dance”), from Old High German walzan (“to turn”), from Proto-Germanic *walt- (“to turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn”). Doublet of valse. More at *waltaną.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A dance performed by two persons in circular figures with a whirling motion; also, a piece of music composed in triple measure for this kind of dance.
  2. verb To dance a waltz.

Etymology [G. walzer, from walzen to roll, revolve, dance, OHG. walzan to roll; akin to AS. wealtan. See Welter.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “waltz”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details