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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inland

/ˈɪnlənd/ adjective, noun, adverb

Forms inlands

  1. adjective Within the land; relatively remote from the ocean or from open water; interior. “an inland town”
  2. adjective Limited to the land, or to inland routes; not passing on, or over, the sea. “inland commerce”
  3. adjective Confined to one country or state; domestic; not foreign. “an inland bill of exchange”
  4. adjective (archaic) Of a sophisticated background, especially as relates to a royal court or national capital. “inland bred”
  5. noun The interior part of a country.
  6. adverb Into, or towards, the interior of the land, away from the coast.

Antonyms

coastal seaside inlying

Etymology

From Middle English inland, inlond, from Old English inland, equivalent to in- + land. Compare West Frisian ynlân (“inland”), German Inland (“inland”), Danish indland (“inland”), Swedish inland (“inland”), Norwegian innland (“inland”). Compare also Dutch binnenland.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Within the land; more or less remote from the ocean or from open water; interior; as, an inland town. "This wide inland sea." Spenser.
  2. adjective Limited to the land, or to inland routes; within the seashore boundary; not passing on, or over, the sea; as, inland transportation, commerce, navigation, etc.
  3. noun The interior part of a country. Shak.
  4. adverb Into, or towards, the interior, away from the coast. Cook.

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