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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crucifixion

/ˌkɹuːsɪˈfɪkʃən/ noun, proper noun

Forms crucifixions

  1. noun An execution by being nailed or tied to an upright cross and left to hang there until dead. “Rome used crucifixions as a deterrent, and standard for the 'vilest' crimes, such as slave rebellion.”
  2. noun (Christianity, often capitalized) The death of Jesus Christ on the Cross.
  3. noun (military, historical, colloquial) The military punishment of being tied to a fixed object, often with the limbs in a stretched position.
  4. noun (figuratively) An ordeal, terrible, especially malicious treatment imposed upon someone. “The suspects' hostile interrogation amounted to a public crucifixion.”
  5. proper noun (Christianity, often preceded by “the”) The death of Jesus on a cross; the crucifixion of Jesus.

Synonyms

excruciation

Etymology

From Middle English crucifixioun, from Late Latin noun of process crucifīxiō, from perfect passive participle crucifīxus (“fixed to a cross”), from crux (“cross”) + fīgō.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The act of nailing or fastening a person to a cross, for the purpose of putting him to death; the use of the cross as a method of capital punishment.
  2. noun The state of one who is nailed or fastened to a cross; death upon a cross.

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