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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cornish

UK /ˈkɔː.nɪʃ/ · US /ˈkɔɹ.nɪʃ/ noun, adjective, proper noun

Forms cornishes

  1. noun One of several decorative rings around the barrel of a cannon; the next ring from the muzzle backwards.
  2. adjective cornlike; resembling corn
  3. adjective Of or pertaining to Cornwall, a county of southwest England.
  4. adjective Native to Cornwall.
  5. adjective Of or pertaining to the Cornish language.
  6. noun (collectively) The inhabitants of Cornwall, especially native-born.
  7. proper noun (uncountable) The Celtic language of Cornwall, related to Welsh and Breton. “There is a movement to revive Cornish.”
  8. proper noun An unincorporated community in Weld County, Colorado.
  9. proper noun A town and census-designated place therein, in York County, Maine.
  10. proper noun A township in Aitkin County, Minnesota.
  11. proper noun A township in Sibley County, Minnesota.
  12. proper noun A town in Sullivan County, New Hampshire.
  13. proper noun A town in Jefferson County, Oklahoma.
  14. proper noun A town in Cache County, Utah, at the border with Idaho.

Synonyms

Cornishman Cornubian Cornish fowl

Etymology

From corn + -ish.

From Corn(wall) + -ish, from Cornish Kernewek, Kernowek.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Of or pertaining to Cornwall, in England. Cornish chough. See Chough.
  2. noun The dialect, or the people, of Cornwall.

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