Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

θ	thin	ð	this	ʃ	she	ʒ	measure
tʃ	church	dʒ	judge	ŋ	sing	j	yes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

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)

-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.

euthanasia

UK /juː.θəˈneɪ.zi.ə/ · US /ˌjuθəˈneɪʒə/ noun

Forms euthanasias euthanasy

noun The practice of intentionally killing a human being or animal in a humane way, especially in order to end suffering. “Euthanasia is the most difficult part of a veterinarian's job.”
noun (euphemistic, especially Nazism) The practice of killing a human being who is considered a liability to society, especially a disabled person.
noun (obsolete) An easy death, or the means to bring about such a death.

Synonyms

First attested in 1606, from Ancient Greek εὐθανασία (euthanasía), from εὐ- (eu-, “good”) + θάνατος (thánatos, “death”)

An easy death; a mode of dying to be desired. "An euthanasia of all thought." Hazlitt.

Etymology [NL., fr. Gr. euthanasie.]

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