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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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jap

/d͡ʒæp/ verb, proper noun, noun, adjective

Forms japs japping japped J.A.P.

  1. verb (Canada, US, ethnic slur, slang, transitive) To carry out a sneak attack upon (something or somebody).
  2. verb (Scotland, Northern Ireland, transitive) (of a liquid) To spatter or splash over a surface.
  3. proper noun (dated, offensive, slang, ethnic slur) The Japanese language.
  4. noun (derogatory, ethnic slur, US) A Japanese person.
  5. noun (derogatory, now historical) An Imperial Japanese Army soldier.
  6. adjective (derogatory, ethnic slur) Japanese; of or pertaining to Japan or its people.

Synonyms

Japanese Nip kugel bagel

Etymology

Shortening of Japanese, in reference to the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor.

From or related to Scots jaup, jap (“of liquid: dash, splash”).

Clipping of Japanese, attested as a noun since 1872, and adjectivally since 1878. Compare Nip (shortened from Nipponese).

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