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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dietary

UK /ˈdaɪət(ə)ɹi/ · US /ˈdaɪəˌtɛɹi/ noun, adjective

Forms dietaries

  1. noun A regulated diet that excludes or constrains certain types of food, especially for health reasons; also, a book or similar setting out such regulations.
  2. noun A prescribed meal plan setting out how the inhabitants of an institution (such as a prison, hospital etc.) should be fed, and on what foods.
  3. adjective Pertaining to a prescribed diet; (generally), relating to what a person or animal eats. “If you have any dietary requirements, please inform the kitchen staff.”
  4. adjective Comprising a food source.

Synonyms

dietetic dietetical

Etymology

From Medieval Latin diētārium (“book prescribing diet”), from Latin diaeta (“diet”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Pertaining to diet, or to the rules of diet.
  2. noun A rule of diet; a fixed allowance of food, as in workhouse, prison, etc.

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