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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dipper

UK /ˈdɪpə/ · US /ˈdɪpɚ/ noun, proper noun, adjective

Forms dippers

  1. noun One who, or that which, dips (immerses something, or itself, into a liquid).
  2. noun Any of various small passerine birds of the genus Cinclus that live near fast-flowing streams and feed along the bottom.
  3. noun A cup-shaped vessel with a long handle, for dipping into and ladling out liquids; a ladle or scoop.
  4. noun (UK, India) The control in a vehicle that switches between high-beam and low-beam (i.e. dips the lights), especially when used to signal other vehicles.
  5. noun Any snack food intended to be dipped in sauce.
  6. noun Someone who dips chewing tobacco or snuff.
  7. noun (slang) A pickpocket.
  8. noun (historical) A person employed in a tin plate works to coat steel plates in molten tin by dipping them.
  9. proper noun Either the Big Dipper or the Little Dipper (in the singular, chiefly the Big Dipper).
  10. proper noun (astronomy) A Chinese constellation located near Sagittarius, one of the 28 lunar mansions and part of the larger Black Turtle.
  11. proper noun (Canadian politics, informal) A member or supporter of the Canadian New Democratic Party.
  12. adjective (Canadian politics, informal, attributively) Of or pertaining to the Canadian New Democratic Party or supporters thereof.

Synonyms

pickpocket NDPer New Democrat Little Dipper Big Dipper Plough Charles's Wain Wain Wagon bufflehead butterball Bucephela albeola water ouzel

Etymology

From Middle English dippere; equivalent to dip + -er.

A translation of the Mandarin Chinese 斗宿 (Dǒuxiù).

From NDPer (NDP + -er).

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun One who, or that which, dips; especially, a vessel used to dip water or other liquid; a ladle.
  2. noun (a) A small grebe; the dabchick.

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