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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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fisher

UK /ˈfɪʃə/ · US /ˈfɪʃɚ/ noun, proper noun

Forms fishers

  1. noun A person who catches fish, especially for a living or for sport; a person engaging in the pastime of fishing.
  2. noun A North American marten-like mammal (Pekania pennanti), that has thick brown fur.
  3. noun Fur of specimens of species Pekania pennanti.
  4. proper noun (countable) An English surname originating as an occupation for a fisherman.
  5. proper noun A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory.
  6. proper noun A suburb of the City of Mount Isa, Queensland.
  7. proper noun A locality in Mid Murray council area, South Australia.
  8. proper noun A rural municipality in Manitoba, Canada.
  9. proper noun A minor city in Poinsett County, Arkansas.
  10. proper noun A locality in Humboldt County, California.
  11. proper noun A village in Champaign County, Illinois.

Synonyms

angler fisherman fisherperson piscary piscator piscatorialist piscatorian piscicapturist fish farmer pisciculturist pekan fisher cat black cat fisher marten big marten black fox Martes pennanti

Etymology

From Middle English fischer, fischare, from Old English fisċere (“fisher”), from Proto-Germanic *fiskārijaz (“fisher”), equivalent to fish + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Fisker (“fisher”), West Frisian fisker (“fisher”), Dutch visser (“fisher”), German Low German Fisker, Fisser (“fisher”), German Fischer (“fisher”), Danish fisker (“fisher”), Swedish fiskare (“fisher”).

From French fichet (“polecat pelt”), probably from Dutch visse (“nasty”); modified by folk etymology to resemble Etymology 1.

From fisher (“fisherman”). Doublet of Fisker and Fischer.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun One who fishes.
  2. noun A carnivorous animal of the Weasel family (Mustela Canadensis); the pekan; the "black cat."

Etymology [AS. fiscere.]

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

Sanskrit

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