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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bird's-eye

/ˈbɜː(ɹ)dz ˈaɪ/ adjective, noun

Forms bird's-eyes bird's eye birds eye birds-eye birdseye

  1. adjective Having spots resembling the eyes of a bird.
  2. adjective As if viewed from an altitude; panoramic.
  3. noun A fabric having a pattern of small circles or diamonds with a spot in each centre.
  4. noun A kind of tobacco.
  5. noun A figure found in wood, especially hard maple, resembling tiny swirling eyes disrupting the smooth grain.
  6. noun (music, colloquial) A fermata (notation).

Synonyms

panoramic

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Seen from above, as if by a flying bird; embraced at a glance; hence, generalas, a bird's-eye view.
  2. adjective Marked with spots resembling bird's eyes; as, bird's-eye diaper; bird's-eye maple.
  3. noun A plant with a small bright flower, as the Adonis or pheasant's eye, the mealy primrose (Primula farinosa), and species of Veronica, Geranium, etc.

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