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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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enamel

/ɪˈnæməl/ noun, verb

Forms enamels enameling enamelling enameled enamelled

  1. noun An opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects.
  2. noun A coating that dries to a hard, glossy finish.
  3. noun The hard covering on the exposed part of a tooth.
  4. noun A cosmetic intended to give the appearance of a smooth and beautiful complexion.
  5. verb (transitive) To coat or decorate with enamel.
  6. verb (transitive) To variegate with colours, as if with enamel.
  7. verb (transitive) To form a glossy surface like enamel upon. “to enamel card paper; to enamel leather or cloth”
  8. verb (transitive) To disguise with cosmetics, as a woman's complexion.

Synonyms

tooth enamel

Etymology

From Middle English enamel, from Anglo-Norman enamailler, from en- (“in-”) + amailler (“to enamel”), variant of Old French esmailler (“to enamel”), from esmal (“enamel”), from Early Medieval Latin smaltum, from Frankish *smalt, from Proto-Germanic *smeltaną (“to melt, smelt”).

From Middle English enamelen, from the noun (see above).

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A variety of glass, used in ornament, to cover a surface, as of metal or pottery, and admitting of after decoration in color, or used itself for inlaying or application in varied colors.
  2. noun A glassy, opaque bead obtained by the blowpipe.
  3. verb To lay enamel upon; to decorate with enamel whether inlaid or painted.
  4. verb To variegate with colors as if with enamel.

Etymology [Pref. en- + amel. See Amel, Smelt, v. t.]

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

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “enamel” (best matches first).