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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casting

UK /ˈkɑːstɪŋ/ · US /ˈkæstɪŋ/ noun

Also a form of cast

Forms castings

  1. noun The act or process of selecting actors, singers, dancers, models, etc.
  2. noun A manufacturing process using a mold.
  3. noun (countable) An object made in a mold.
  4. noun (falconry) The regurgitation of fur, feathers, and other undigestible material by hawks, to clean and empty their crops.
  5. noun The excreta of an earthworm or similar creature.
  6. noun (programming) The act of converting between data types.
  7. noun (hunting) Of hounds, the act of spreading out and searching for a scent.

Synonyms

audition cast molding

Etymology

From Middle English castyng, castinge, equivalent to cast + -ing.

From Middle English castynge, castand, equivalent to cast + -ing.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The act of one who casts or throws, as in fishing.
  2. noun The act or process of making cast or impressions, or of shaping metal or plaster in a mold; the act or the process of pouring molten metal into a mold.

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

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “casting” (best matches first).

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