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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jenny

/ˈd͡ʒɛni/ noun, verb, proper noun

Forms jennies jennying jennied Jennys Jenni Jennie

  1. noun A device for spinning thread from fiber onto multiple spindles (also called spinning jenny).
  2. noun A female donkey.
  3. noun A female wren.
  4. noun A female cat.
  5. noun (Australia) A female crab.
  6. noun A catmill.
  7. noun In billiards and similar games, a powerful follow shot with plenty of topspin.
  8. verb To wind finished lace onto cards ready for sale.
  9. proper noun A female given name.
  10. proper noun A surname.
  11. noun (UK, informal) A Wren (a member of the WRNS).
  12. noun (slang) A Curtiss JN-4 airplane.

Synonyms

William Le Baron Jenny jennet jenny ass

Etymology

Partially from generic use of the female given name Jenny (cf. Jane) and partially from informal pronunciations of engine.

From Jen + -y, historically as a hypochoristic form of Janet, Jane, etc. but now more often used as a diminutive of Jennifer. Rarely also a nickname of Genevieve (compare Genny, pronounced the same), Eugenia or Virginia (compare Ginny).
Doublet of Ivanka, Jan, Janelle, Janet, Janey, Janine, Jeanette, Jeanie, Jeannette, Jeannine, Jen, Jenna, Jessie, Jo, Jody, Juanita, Shanae, Sinead, and Vanna in derivations from Jane etc.
In senses related to inanimate objects, partially derived from the generic senses of Jane and partially an informal pronunciation of engine.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A familiar or pet form of the proper name Jane.
  2. noun A familiar name of the European wren. Jenny ass (Zoöl.), a female ass.
  3. noun A machine for spinning a number of threads at once, --used in factories.

Etymology [A corruption of gin an engine; influenced by Jenny, the proper name. See Gin an engine, and cf. Ginny-carriage.]

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