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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fuss

/fʌs/ noun, verb

Forms fusses fussing fussed

  1. noun (countable or uncountable) Excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something. “They made a big fuss about the wedding plans.”
  2. noun A complaint or noise; a scene. “If you make enough of a fuss about the problem, maybe they'll fix it for you.”
  3. noun An exhibition of affection or admiration. “They made a great fuss over the new baby.”
  4. verb (intransitive) To be very worried or excited about something, often too much. “His grandmother will never quit fussing over his vegetarianism.”
  5. verb (intransitive) To fiddle; fidget; wiggle, or adjust “Quit fussing with your hair. It looks fine.”
  6. verb (transitive) To disturb (a person)
  7. verb (intransitive, US, especially of babies) To cry or be ill-humoured.
  8. verb (intransitive, with over) To show affection for, especially animals.
  9. verb (transitive) To pet. “He fussed the cat.”

Synonyms

hubbub to-do ado argy-bargy bangarang bobbery brouhaha bunfight bustle bust-up chaos ferment clamour clatter commotion disruption disturbance flap flutter foofaraw dither pother tizzy trouble bother hassle bicker bickering spat tiff

Etymology

Of unknown origin. Perhaps from Danish fjas (“nonsense”), from Middle Low German (compare German faseln (“to maunder, talk nonsense”)). Compare also fouse (“to hasten, rush, tumble, disarrange”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A tumult; a bustle; unnecessary or annoying ado about trifles.
  2. noun One who is unduly anxious about trifles. [R.]
  3. verb To be overbusy or unduly anxious about trifles; to make a bustle or ado. Sir W. Scott.

Etymology [Cf. Fusome.]

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