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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irruption

noun

Forms irruptions

  1. noun The action of irrupting or breaking into; a violent entry or invasion; an inbreaking; an intrusion. “The Trojan irruption into the Greek camp is related in Book XV of the Iliad.”
  2. noun (ecology) An abrupt increase of an animal population. “Extreme rainfall events predict irruptions of rat plagues in central Australia.”
  3. noun (by extension) An abrupt increase in the size of a movement or organization. “How can we explain this irruption of young people self-identifying as socialists?”

Synonyms

outbreak eruption

Etymology

From Middle French irruption, from Latin irruptiō(n).

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A bursting in; a sudden, violent rushing into a place; as, irruptions of the sea. Lest evil tidings, with too rude irruption Hitting thy aged ear, should pierce too deep. Milton.
  2. noun A sudden and violent inroad, or entrance of invaders; as, the irruptions of the Goths into Italy. Addison.

Etymology [L. irruptio: cf. F. irruption. See Irrupted.]

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