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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centenary

UK /sɛnˈtiːnəɹi/ · US /sɛnˈtɛnəɹi/ adjective, noun, verb

Forms centenaries centenarying centenaried

  1. adjective Occurring every 100 years.
  2. adjective Lasting or aged 100 years, 100-year-old.
  3. adjective (historical, obsolete) Of or relating to hundreds, the administrative unit.
  4. noun Synonym of centennial: a hundredth anniversary.
  5. noun (obsolete) Synonym of centurion: An officer commanding 100 men, especially (historical) in the Roman army.
  6. noun (obsolete) Synonym of century: a period of 100 years.
  7. noun (uncommon) Synonym of hundredweight, especially (historical) in Greek and Roman contexts.
  8. noun (historical) Synonym of centgrave: a position in the Frankish Empire overseeing local administration.
  9. noun (historical) Synonym of hundredman: a position in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms overseeing local administration.
  10. noun (obsolete) Synonym of hundred: a collection of 100 things.
  11. noun (obsolete, rare) Synonym of centenarian: a person 100 or more years old.
  12. verb (ambitransitive, obsolete) To celebrate the centennial of.

Synonyms

centennial centenarian hundred-year-old centurion century hundredweight centgrave hundredman hundred

Etymology

From Latin centēnārius (“containing 100; local official overseeing a hundred”), either directly or through French centenaire from centēnī (“100 each”) + -ārius (-ary), from centum (“hundred”). Doublet of centner, kantar, and quintal.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Relating to, or consisting of, a hundred.
  2. adjective Occurring once in every hundred years; centennial. "Centenary solemnities." Fuller.
  3. noun The aggregate of a hundred single things; specifically, a century.
  4. noun A commemoration or celebration of an event which occurred a hudred years before.

Etymology [L. centenarius, fr. centum a hundred.]

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