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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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florentine

UK /ˈflɒɹəntaɪn/ · US /ˈflɔɹəntin/ adjective, noun

Forms florentines

  1. adjective (postpositive) Cooked or served with spinach. “Eggs florentine is on the menu.”
  2. noun A biscuit consisting mostly of nuts and preserved fruit, usually coated with chocolate on one side.
  3. noun (obsolete) A kind of durable silk.
  4. noun (obsolete) A kind of pudding or tart or meat pie.
  5. adjective Of, from or relating to the city of Florence, Tuscany, Italy.
  6. adjective A locality in the Central Highlands council area and the Derwent Valley council area, central Tasmania, Australia.
  7. noun A native or inhabitant of the city of Florence, Tuscany, Italy.

Etymology

From Latin Flōrentīnus, from Flōrentia (“Florence”) + -īnus.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Belonging or relating to Florence, in Italy. Florentine mosaic, a mosaic of hard or semiprecious stones, often so chosen and arranged that their natural colors represent leaves, flowers, and the like, inlaid in a background, usually of black or white marble.
  2. noun A native or inhabitant of Florence, a city in Italy.
  3. noun A kind of silk. Knight.

Etymology [L. Florentinus, fr. Florentia Florence: cf. F. florentin.]

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