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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brownout

noun

Forms brownouts brown out brown-out

  1. noun (electricity) A period of low alternating current line voltage, causing a reduction in illumination. “When demand for electricity exceeds the available supply, a brownout occurs.”
  2. noun A temporary dimming of vision, usually with a brown hue and accompanied by loss of peripheral vision or tunnel vision. “On rising suddenly from her chair she experienced a brownout and had to sit down again quickly.”
  3. noun (firefighting) A temporary closing of a fire station, usually due to budget restrictions. “Fire departments across the country have been forced to rely on rolling brownouts because of the recession.”
  4. noun A power outage during the day; distinguished from a blackout, which occurs at night.
  5. noun (figurative, uncommon) A moment or period where something is weakened, diminished or less effective.
  6. noun (Philippines, Australia, Hong Kong) A blackout, regardless of time of day.

Synonyms

dimout grayout greyout blackout

Etymology

A deverbal from brown out, by analogy with blackout.

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 — from the Wiktionary entry “brownout”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details