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.

fruity

/ˈfɹuːti/ adjective

Forms fruitier fruitiest fruities

adjective Containing fruit or fruit flavoring. “That moist and fruity dish is simply delectable.”
adjective Similar to fruit or tasting of fruit.
adjective (informal) Crazy.
adjective (informal, sometimes derogatory, chiefly US, of a male) Homosexual; zesty, flamboyant, effeminate.
adjective (informal, UK) Sexually suggestive. “His text message was filled with fruity language.”

Synonyms

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