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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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hob

UK /hɒb/ · US /hɑb/ noun, verb, proper noun

Forms hobs hobbing hobbed

  1. noun A kind of cutting tool, used to cut the teeth of a gear.
  2. noun (historical) The flat projection or iron shelf at the side of a fire grate, where things are put to be kept warm.
  3. noun (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) The top cooking surface on a cooker. It typically comprises several cooking elements (often four), usually called rings.
  4. noun A rounded peg used as a target in several games, especially in quoits.
  5. noun A male ferret.
  6. noun The hub of a wheel.
  7. verb (transitive) To create (a gear) by cutting with a hob.
  8. verb (intransitive) To engage in the process of cutting gears with a hob.
  9. noun (obsolete) A fairy; a sprite; an elf; a bogey.
  10. noun (obsolete) A countryman; a rustic or yokel.
  11. proper noun (obsolete) A diminutive of the male given names Robert and Robin.
  12. proper noun (archaic) A nickname for Robin Goodfellow, Puck; (later) the devil
  13. proper noun A surname originating as a patronymic.

Synonyms

cooktop stovetop range hob-ferret bogger bogtrotter boor bucolic bydlo culchie carl churl corncob cornhusker country bumpkin country cousin clodhopper dubbo joskin hayseed goblin hobgoblin elf gremlin pixie pixy brownie imp

Etymology

Related to hub, but the ultimate origin of both words is obscure.

From Middle English Hob (a diminutive of Robin, an Old French [Term?] diminutive of Robert), through its connection with Robin Goodfellow and (later) the devil. Compare hobgoblin; see robin.

From a medieval diminutive form of the given name Robin, and separately as a French diminutive of Robert.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The hub of a wheel. See Hub. Washington.
  2. noun The flat projection or iron shelf at the side of a fire grate, where things are put to be kept warm. Smart.
  3. A fairy; a sprite; an elf. [Obs.]
  4. A countryman; a rustic; a clown. [Obs.] Nares.

Etymology [Prob. akin to hump. Cf. Hub.]

Etymology [Orig. an abbrev. of Robin, Robert; Robin Goodfellow a celebrated fairy, or domestic spirit. Cf. Hobgoblin, and see Robin.]

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