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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coy

/kɔɪ/ adjective, verb, noun, proper noun

Forms coyer coyest coys coying coyed Coye

  1. adjective (dated) Bashful, shy, retiring.
  2. adjective (archaic) Quiet, reserved, modest.
  3. adjective Reluctant to give details about something sensitive; notably prudish.
  4. adjective Pretending shyness or modesty, especially in an insincere or flirtatious way.
  5. adjective Soft, gentle, hesitating.
  6. verb (transitive, obsolete) To caress, pet; to coax, entice.
  7. verb (transitive, obsolete) To calm or soothe.
  8. verb (transitive, obsolete) To allure; to decoy.
  9. noun A trap from which waterfowl may be hunted.
  10. noun (military) A company
  11. proper noun A surname.
  12. proper noun An unincorporated community in McDonald County, Missouri.

Synonyms

demure overmodest

Etymology

From Middle English coy, from Old French coi, earlier quei (“quiet, still”), from Latin qu(i)ētus (“resting, at rest”). Doublet of quit, quiet, quite, and quietus.

Compare decoy.

Abbreviation of company.

The community is named after local merchant George McCoy.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Quiet; still. [Obs.] Chaucer.
  2. adjective Shrinking from approach or familiarity; reserved; bashful; shy; modest; --usually applied to women, sometimes with an implication of coquetry.
  3. verb To allure; to entice; to decoy. [Obs.]
  4. verb To caress with the hand; to stroke.

Etymology [OE. coi quiet, still, OF. coi, coit, fr.L. quietus quiet, p. p. of quiescere to rest, quie rest; prob. akin to E. while. See While, and cf. Quiet, Quit, Quite.]

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