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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bonnet

UK /ˈbɒnɪt/ · US /ˈbɑnɪt/ noun, verb, proper noun

Forms bonnets bonneting bonnetting bonneted bonnetted bunnet

  1. noun A type of hat, once widely worn by women or children, held in place by ribbons tied under the chin; now uncommonly worn except in certain religious sects.
  2. noun A traditional Scottish woollen brimless cap; a bunnet.
  3. noun A mushroom-shaped satin cap with an elastic headband used to protect kinky hair, especially while sleeping.
  4. noun (by extension) The polishing head of a power buffer, often made of wool.
  5. noun (Commonwealth, automotive) The hinged cover over the engine of a motor car.
  6. noun (nautical) A length of canvas attached to a fore-and-aft sail to increase the pulling power.
  7. noun (obsolete, slang) An accomplice of a gambler, auctioneer, etc., who entices others to bet or to bid.
  8. noun The second stomach of a ruminant.
  9. verb (transitive) To put a bonnet on.
  10. verb (obsolete) To take off the bonnet or cap as a mark of respect; to uncover.
  11. verb (dated, transitive) To pull the bonnet or cap down over the eyes of.
  12. proper noun A surname from French.

Synonyms

tam o'shanter sleep cap hood block poke bonnet cowl cowling

Etymology

From Middle English bonet, from Middle French bonet (Modern French bonnet), from Old French bonet (“material from which hats are made”), from Frankish *bunni (“that which is bound”), from Proto-Germanic *bundiją (“bundle”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie”).
Compare also Late Latin abbonis, obbonis (“ribbon of a headdress”), also of Germanic origin, from Frankish *obbunni, from *ob- (“above, over”) + *bunni.
Cognate with Old High German gibunt (“band, ribbon”), Middle Dutch bont (“bundle, truss”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌹 (gabundi, “bond”). More at over, bundle.

Variant of Bonnett, ultimately from French.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A headdress for men and boys; a cap. [Obs.] Milton. Shak.
  2. noun A soft, elastic, very durable cap, made of thick, seamless woolen stuff, and worn by men in Scotland.
  3. verb To take off the bonnet or cap as a mark of respect; to uncover.

Etymology [OE. bonet, OF. bonet, bonete. F. bonnet fr. LL. bonneta, bonetum; orig. the name of a stuff, and of unknown origin.]

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