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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Washingtonian

UK /ˌwɒʃɪŋˈtəʊnɪ.ən/ · US /ˌwɑʃɪŋˈtoʊ.ni.ən/ adjective, noun

Forms Washingtonians

  1. adjective Of, or pertaining to, the U.S. state of Washington or its culture. “His concern for the cause of environmental protection was very Washingtonian of him.”
  2. adjective Of, or pertaining to, Washington, D.C., or its culture. “Good jazz music has long been held up as a hallmark of authentic Washingtonian culture.”
  3. adjective Of, or pertaining to, the life, values, or presidential administration of George Washington.
  4. noun A native or resident of the state of Washington in the United States of America. “Any real Washingtonian will be quick to tell you that "Washington state" is a university.”
  5. noun An inhabitant or a resident of Washington, D.C. “Many a hardworking Washingtonian have expressed their frustrations at the influx of rich Marylanders moving into their city.”
  6. noun (historical) A member of the Washingtonian movement, a 19th-century sobriety support group.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Pertaining to, or characteristic of, George Washington; as, a Washingtonian policy. Lowell.
  2. adjective Designating, or pertaining to, a temperance society and movement started in Baltimore in 1840 on the principle of total abstinence.

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