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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weekly

/ˈwiːk.li/ adverb, adjective, noun, proper noun

Forms weeklies Weeklys

  1. adverb Once every week. “She visits her mother weekly.”
  2. adverb Every week.
  3. adjective Of or relating to a week.
  4. adjective Happening once a week, or every week. “He's going for his weekly check-up at the hospital.”
  5. noun A publication that is published once a week.
  6. proper noun A surname.

Synonyms

hebdomadally hebdomadal hebdomadary every week each week

Etymology

From Middle English wykely (adverb), equivalent to week + -ly (adverbial suffix) or week + -ly (adjectival suffix). Compare Dutch wekelijks (“weekly”), German wöchentlich (“weekly”), Danish ugentlig (“weekly”), Norwegian ukentlig (“weekly”), Icelandic vikulega (“weekly”), Swedish veckovis (“weekly”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Of or pertaining to a week, or week days; as, weekly labor.
  2. adjective Coming, happening, or done once a week; hebdomadary; as, a weekly payment; a weekly gazette.
  3. noun A publication issued once in seven days, or appearing once a week.
  4. adverb Once a week; by hebdomadal periods; as, each performs service weekly.

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