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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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jack-in-the-pulpit

noun

Forms jack-in-the-pulpits Jacks-in-the-pulpit

  1. noun A plant native to woodlands of northern Europe, Arum maculatum.
  2. noun A plant native to eastern North America, Arisaema triphyllum.
  3. noun Any plant in the genus Arisaema.
  4. noun (games) Cat's cradle.

Synonyms

snake's head cuckoopint Indian turnip bog onion cobra lily jack Adam and Eve adder's meat adder's root arum arum lily bobbins cows and bulls cuckoo-plant devils and angels friar's cowl kitty-come-down-the-lane-jump-up-and-kiss-me lamb-in-a-pulpit lord-and-lady lords-and-ladies wake-robin Arisaema triphyllum Arisaema atrorubens Arum maculatum

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 — from the Wiktionary entry “jack-in-the-pulpit”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details