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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damask

/ˈdæm.əsk/ noun, adjective, verb

Forms damasks damasking damasked

  1. noun An ornate silk fabric originating from Damascus. “True damasks are pure silk.”
  2. noun Linen so woven that a pattern is produced by the different directions of the thread, without contrast of colour.
  3. noun A heavy woolen or worsted stuff with a pattern woven in the same way as the linen damask; made for furniture covering and hangings.
  4. noun Damascus steel.
  5. noun The peculiar markings or water of such steel.
  6. noun A damask rose, Rosa × damascena.
  7. noun A grayish-pink color, like that of the damask rose.
  8. adjective Of a grayish-pink colour, like that of the damask rose.
  9. verb To decorate or weave in damascene patterns
  10. adjective Relating to, or originating at, the city of Damascus.

Etymology

From Middle English damaske, from Medieval Latin damascus, named after the city Damascus, where the fabric was originally made.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun Damask silk; silk woven with an elaborate pattern of flowers and the like. "A bed of ancient damask." W. Irving.
  2. noun Linen so woven that a pattern in produced by the different directions of the thread, without contrast of color.
  3. adjective Pertaining to, or originating at, the city of Damascus; resembling the products or manufactures of Damascus.
  4. adjective Having the color of the damask rose.

Etymology [From the city Damascus, L. Damascus, Gr. , Heb. Dammesq, Ar. Daemeshq; cf. Heb. d'meseq damask; cf. It. damasco, Sp. damasco, F. damas. Cf. Damascene, DamassÉ.]

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