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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conk

UK /kɒŋk/ · US /kɑŋk/ noun, verb

Also a form of conch

Forms conks conking conked konk

  1. noun The shelf- or bracket-shaped fruiting body of a bracket fungus (also called a shelf fungus), i.e. a mushroom growing off a tree trunk.
  2. noun (slang) A nose, especially a large one.
  3. verb (slang) To hit, especially on the head.
  4. noun (US, dated) A hairstyle involving the chemical straightening and styling of kinky hair.
  5. verb (US, dated) To chemically straighten tightly curled hair.
  6. verb (colloquial, often with out) To fail or show signs of failing, cease operating, break down.
  7. verb (colloquial, often with out) To become unconscious.

Synonyms

stall die decease perish go exit pass away expire pass kick the bucket cash in one's chips buy the farm give-up the ghost drop dead pop off choke croak snuff it faint swoon pass out

Etymology

Variant or figurative use of conch. Attested since the nineteenth century.

From congolene, the brand name of a hair-straightening product.

Unknown. Attested since the early twentieth century.

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