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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forensic

/fəˈɹɛn.zɪk/ adjective

Forms forensick

  1. adjective Relating to the use of science and technology in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law. “forensic analysis; forensic examination; forensic evidence; forensic investigation; forensic pathologist”
  2. adjective (dated) Relating to, or appropriate for, courts of law; suitable or adapted to legal argumentation.
  3. adjective (informal) Precise, thorough, or highly meticulous, by analogy with a scientific legal investigation.
  4. adjective Relating to forms of disability associated with criminal risk. “a forensic learning disability”
  5. adjective (archaic) Relating to, or used in, debate or argument.

Synonyms

rhetorical Related appropriate for a court of law

Etymology

From Latin forēnsis (“of the forum, public”) + -ic, from forum (“forum, marketplace”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Belonging to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate; used in legal proceedings, or in public discussions; argumentative; rhetorical; as, forensic eloquence or disputes.
  2. noun An exercise in debate; a forensic contest; an argumentative thesis.

Etymology [L. forensis, fr. forum a public place, market place. See Forum.]

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