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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aa

UK /ˈɑː.ɑː/ · US /ˈɑ.ɑ/ noun, pronoun, proper noun

Forms AAs AAing AAed a'a 'a'a a-a a aa a-aa

  1. noun (volcanology) A form of lava flow associated with Hawaiian-type volcanoes, consisting of basaltic rock, usually dark-colored with a jagged and loose, clinkery surface. Compare pahoehoe.
  2. pronoun (Northumbria, personal) I.
  3. noun (medicine) Prescription notation: The stated amount of each of the substances is to be used in the compounding of the prescription
  4. noun A member of Alcoholics Anonymous.
  5. noun An AA battery (energy-storage device).
  6. proper noun (US, baseball) Double-A: the second-highest level of play in Minor League Baseball after Triple-A (AAA).
  7. proper noun (US, military) USPS military code of Armed Forces – Americas.
  8. proper noun A river in northern France, flowing 93 km from near Bourthes, Pas-de-Calais department into the North Sea near Gravelines, Nord department.
  9. proper noun A small river in the Netherlands, flowing 72 km from near Nederweert, Limburg into the Dieze at 's-Hertogenbosch, North Brabant.
  10. proper noun A tributary of the Möhne river in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, part of the Rhine basin.
  11. proper noun A tributary of the Nether river in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, part of the Weser basin.
  12. proper noun A tributary of the Werre river in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, part of the Weser basin.
  13. proper noun A village in Ida-Viru County, northern Estonia, on the Gulf of Finland.
  14. proper noun A surname from Norwegian.

Synonyms

Alcoholics Anonymous Associate in Arts

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀνά (aná, “of each (in sequence)”).

Abbreviation.

Compare pp.

Contraction.

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 — from the Wiktionary entry “aa”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details