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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emote

UK /ɪˈməʊt/ · US /əˈmoʊt/ verb, noun

Forms emotes emoting emoted

  1. verb To display or express (emotions, mental states, etc.) openly, particularly while acting, and especially in an excessive manner.
  2. verb To deliver (a speech), say (lines of a play, words), etc., in a dramatic or emotional manner, especially if overly so.
  3. verb To display (excessive) emotion, especially while acting.
  4. verb (Internet, text messaging) To express a virtual action, presented to other users as a graphic or reported speech, rather than sending a straightforward message.
  5. verb (video games) To perform a short action, such as a gesture or a dance move, which may be seen by other players but does not have any effect on gameplay.
  6. noun (Internet, text messaging) A virtual action expressed to other users as a graphic or reported speech rather than a straightforward message. “She replied with an emote: "*hugs* I'm sorry"”
  7. noun (video games) A short action, such as a gesture or a dance move, which may be seen by other players but does not have any effect on gameplay. “Many video games allow players to purchase emotes for real-life money.”

Synonyms

emotionalize

Etymology

The verb is a back-formation from emotion.

Sources: Wiktionary — from the Wiktionary entry “emote”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details