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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insulin

UK /ˈɪnsjʊlin/ · US /ˈɪnsəlɪn/ noun

Forms insulins

  1. noun A polypeptide hormone that regulates carbohydrate metabolism (in various animals including humans). “Mommy said that Grandma's diabetes happened because her body stopped making its own insulin.”
  2. noun Any exogenous preparation of this hormone for use as a medication. “The advent of insulin in the mid-20th century changed the lives of millions of people with diabetes.”
  3. noun (loosely) Any exogenous preparation of this hormone or its analogues for use as a medication. “A: What kind of insulin do you take? B: I use basal-bolus therapy, which in my case involves glargine and lispro.”

Etymology

From Latin īnsula (“island”) (named for the islets of Langerhans, where insulin is produced) + -in.

Sources: Wiktionary — from the Wiktionary entry “insulin”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details