Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

θ	thin	ð	this	ʃ	she	ʒ	measure
tʃ	church	dʒ	judge	ŋ	sing	j	yes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

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)

-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.

convolute

UK /ˌkɒnvəˈluːt/ · US /ˌkɑːnvəˈluːt/ verb, adjective

Forms convolutes convoluting convoluted

verb (transitive) To make unnecessarily complex.
verb (transitive) To fold or coil into numerous overlapping layers. “The snake's coils were tightly convoluted.”
verb (transitive) To confuse, mix up (something) with something else.
adjective Convoluted.
adjective (botany, of a leaf) Coiled such that one edge is inside, and one outside the coil, giving a spiral effect in cross section.

Synonyms

Borrowed from Latin convolūtum, past participle of convolvere (“to roll together”).

Etymology [L. convolutus, p.p. of convolvere. See Convolve.]

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