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.

halal

UK /həˈlæl/ · US /həˈlɑːl/ adjective, adverb, verb

Forms halals halalling halalled

adjective (Islam) Allowable, according to Muslim religious customs, to have or do.
adjective (specifically, of food) Fit to eat according to Muslim religious customs.
adjective (figuratively, by extension) In accordance with standards or usual practice; allowable.
adverb In a halal manner; in accordance with Muslim religious customs.
verb (transitive) To make halal.
verb (figuratively, by extension) to allow

Synonyms

Borrowed from Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl).

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