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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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dander

/ˈdændə(ɹ)/ noun, verb

Forms danders dandering dandered daunder dauner

  1. noun Dandruff—scaly white dead skin flakes from the human scalp.
  2. noun Hair follicles and dead skin shed from mammals.
  3. noun Allergen particles that accumulate on and may be shed from the skin and fur of domestic animals, especially from household pets such as cats and dogs.
  4. noun (chiefly Scotland) A cinder; (in the plural) the refuse of a furnace
  5. noun (slang) Passion, temper, anger. Usually preceded by "have" or "get" and followed by "up". “He'll get his dander up if his team is criticized.”
  6. verb To wander about.
  7. verb To maunder, to talk incoherently.

Synonyms

hackles

Etymology

From a shortening of dandruff.

Uncertain.

Alteration of dandle or daddle

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun Dandruff or scurf on the head.
  2. noun Anger or vexation; rage [Low] Halliwell.
  3. verb To wander about; to saunter; to talk incoherently. [Prov. Eng.]

Etymology [Corrupted from dandruff.]

Etymology [See Dandle.]

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