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.

inaugural

/ɪˈnɔːɡjərəl/ adjective, noun

Forms inaugurals

adjective Of inauguration; as in a speech or lecture by the person being inaugurated.
adjective Marking the beginning of an operation, venture, etc. “2009 was the inaugural season for New York Yankees' new stadium.”
noun An inauguration; a formal beginning. “The inaugural of the President will take place in March.”

Synonyms

From French inaugural, from inaugurer, from Latin augurare (“to take omens”).

adjective Pertaining to, or performed or pronounced at, an inauguration; as, an inaugural address; the inaugural exercises.
noun An inaugural address. [U.S.]

Etymology [Cf. F. inaugural.]

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