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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wraparound

/ˈɹæp.ə.ɹaʊnd/ adjective, noun

Forms wraparounds wrap-around

  1. adjective (of clothing) Designed to be wrapped around the body and tied.
  2. adjective (of windows, sunglasses and eyeglasses lenses, etc.) Extending around a corner or bend.
  3. adjective Serving to surround or bookend something else.
  4. noun (countable) A garment that is wrapped around the body and tied.
  5. noun (countable) A label or advertising display that wraps around a container.
  6. noun (countable, television, radio) A segment where material featuring one person (such as a reporter) is introduced and concluded by another person.
  7. noun (countable, often attributive) An extension to a property that combines side and rear additions.
  8. noun (countable) Synonym of wraparound mortgage.
  9. noun (uncountable, countable, computing) Word wrap, the word processing feature that moves text to the beginning of the next line if it will not fit at the end of the current line.
  10. noun (uncountable, countable, programming) The wrapping of numerical values in case of underflow or overflow. “The addition of integers is unchecked, so wraparound occurs if the resulting value is beyond the representable range.”
  11. noun (countable, ice hockey) An attempt to score by reaching around the side of the net from behind.

Synonyms

wrapround wrap-round wraparound mortgage

Etymology

From wrap + around.

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