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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gangway

/ˈɡæŋweɪ/ noun, verb, interjection

Forms gangways gangwaying gangwayed

  1. noun (UK, Ireland) An aisle between rows of seating (especially in a train, aircraft or auditorium). “The new fleet of trains comes with widened gangways and improved seating.”
  2. noun (UK politics, by extension) The dividing aisle between the rows of seats on either side of the House of Commons. Used chiefly with reference to terms such as below the gangway.
  3. noun (US) The narrow space between two buildings or houses, used to access the backyard/alleyway from the front.
  4. noun An articulating bridge or ramp, such as from land to a dock or a ship.
  5. noun A passage along either side of a ship's upper deck.
  6. noun A passage through the side of a ship or an opening in the railing through which the ship may be boarded; (also in later use) a jet bridge.
  7. noun (rare) A temporary passageway, such as one made of planks.
  8. noun (rare, obsolete outside dialects) A clear path through a crowd or a passageway with people.
  9. verb To serve as, furnish with, or conduct oneself as though proceeding on a gangway.
  10. interjection (to a crowd) Make way! Clear a path!

Synonyms

alley alleyway backs bunnyrun chare chore close ennog entry fold gant gennel ginnel gunnel gitty gully gullyway hocket jennel jigger gangplank gangboard aisle

Etymology

From Middle English gangway, from Old English gangweġ (“passageway; thoroughfare”), equivalent to gang + way. Related to Dutch gang (“hallway”) and Norwegian gang (“hallway”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A passage or way into or out of any inclosed place; esp., a temporary way of access formed of planks.
  2. noun In the English House of Commons, a narrow aisle across the house, below which sit those who do not vote steadly either with the government or with the opposition.

Etymology [See Gang, v. i.]

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