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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disposable

UK /dɪsˈpəʊzəbl̩/ · US /dɪsˈpoʊzəbl̩/ adjective, noun

Forms disposables

  1. adjective That can be disposed of.
  2. adjective That is designed to be discarded rather than reused, refilled or repaired. “Rather than purchase an expensive razor he bought a packet of cheap disposable ones.”
  3. adjective Available to be used; at one's disposal. “disposable income”
  4. noun Any object that is designed to be disposed of, rather than refilled or repaired.
  5. noun A disposable vaporizer, as for nicotine or a concentrate of cannabis (THC).

Synonyms

single-use throwaway

Antonyms

non-disposable nondisposable undisposable indisposable

Etymology

From Dispose.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Subject to disposal; free to be used or employed as occasion may require; not assigned to any service or use. The great of this kingdom . . . has easily afforded a disposable surplus. Burke.

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