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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granger

/ˈɡɹeɪnd͡ʒə(ɹ)/ noun, proper noun

Forms grangers Grainger

  1. noun (US) A member of the Grange, National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry, an association representing farmers.
  2. noun (obsolete) A farm steward.
  3. proper noun An English surname originating as an occupation for a granger (farm bailiff).
  4. proper noun A city in Dallas County and Polk County, Iowa; named for railroad official C. T. Granger.
  5. proper noun A town in Allegany County, New York state; named for American politician and Postmaster General Francis Granger.
  6. proper noun A township and unincorporated community in Medina County, Ohio; named for American politician and Postmaster General Gideon Granger, son of Francis Granger.
  7. proper noun A city in Yakima County, Washington; named for Washington Irrigation Company superintendent Walter Granger.
  8. proper noun A town in Sweetwater County, Wyoming.
  9. noun (US) A member of the National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry.
  10. proper noun A census-designated place in Indiana.
  11. proper noun A city in Texas.
  12. proper noun A village in Missouri.
  13. proper noun A settlement in Grand'Anse department, Haiti.

Synonyms

farmer husbandman sodbuster

Etymology

From Middle English graunger, from Anglo-Norman granger, variant of Old French grangier, from grange, perhaps corresponding to Medieval Latin granicārium, from Vulgar Latin *granica, from Latin granum.

From granger, from grange.

From Grange + -er, related to etymology 1.

Unknown.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A farm steward. [Obs.]
  2. noun A member of a grange. [U. S.]

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