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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franchise

/ˈfɹænt͡ʃaɪ̯z/ noun, verb

Forms franchises franchising franchised

  1. noun The right to vote at a public election or referendum; see: suffrage.
  2. noun A right or privilege officially granted to a person, a group of people, or a company by a government.
  3. noun An acknowledgment of a corporation's existence and ownership.
  4. noun The authorization granted by a company to sell or distribute its goods or services in a certain area. “McDonald’s has exported its franchise.”
  5. noun A business operating under such authorization, a franchisee.
  6. noun A legal exemption from jurisdiction.
  7. noun The membership of a corporation or state; citizenship.
  8. noun The district or jurisdiction to which a particular privilege extends; the limits of an immunity; hence, an asylum or sanctuary.
  9. verb (transitive) To confer certain powers on; grant a franchise to; authorize.
  10. verb (transitive, rare) To set free; invest with a franchise or privilege; enfranchise.
  11. verb (transitive) To give to others the rights to sell or distribute (goods or services).

Synonyms

franchisee concession dealership enfranchisement

Etymology

From Middle English franchise, fraunchise, from Old French franchise (“freedom”), a derivative of franc (“free”). More at frank.

From Middle English franchisen, fraunchisen, from Old French franchir (stem franchiss-, “to set free”), from franc (“free”). More at frank.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun Exemption from constraint or oppression; freedom; liberty. [Obs.]
  2. noun A particular privilege conferred by grant from a sovereign or a government, and vested in individuals; an imunity or exemption from ordinary jurisdiction; a constitutional or statutory right or privilege, esp. the right to vote.
  3. verb To make free; to enfranchise; to give liberty to. Shak.

Etymology [F., fr. franc, fem. franche, free. See Frank, a.]

Etymology [Cf. OF. franchir to free, F., to cross.]

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