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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emblazon

/ɪmˈbleɪzən/ verb

Forms emblazons emblazoning emblazoned

  1. verb (transitive) To adorn with prominent markings.
  2. verb (transitive) To inscribe upon. “The benefactor's image is emblazoned on our memory.”
  3. verb (transitive, heraldry) To draw (a coat of arms); depict a heraldic device on something.
  4. verb (transitive) To celebrate or extol as with deeds or merit.

Synonyms

color colour blazon

Etymology

From en- + blazon, from Old French blason (“shield”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To depict or represent; --said of heraldic bearings. See Blazon.
  2. verb To deck in glaring colors; to set off conspicuously; to display pompously; to decorate.

Etymology [Pref. em- + blazon. Cf. Emblaze.]

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