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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diastema

/daɪəˈstiːmə/ noun

Forms diastemas diastemata

  1. noun (pathology) A gap or space between two adjacent teeth, especially the upper front incisors (in humans).
  2. noun (zoology, anatomy) A gap between teeth of different types, e.g. incisors and molars, which is a feature of some rodents and ungulates.
  3. noun (pathology) Any abnormal space, fissure, or cleft in an organ or other part of the body.
  4. noun (cytology) The modified protoplasm at the equator of a cell, existing before mitotic division.

Etymology

From Late Latin, from Ancient Greek διάστημα (diástēma, “interval, space between”). Compare diastasis.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A vacant space, or gap, esp. between teeth in a jaw.

Etymology [L. See Diastem.]

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