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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jumper

UK /ˈd͡ʒʌmpə/ · US /ˈd͡ʒʌmpɚ/ noun, verb, proper noun

Forms jumpers jumpering jumpered

  1. noun Someone or something that jumps, e.g. a participant in a jumping event in track or skiing.
  2. noun A person who attempts suicide by jumping from a great height.
  3. noun A short length of electrical conductor, to make a temporary connection.
  4. noun (rail transport) An electrical connection between the vehicles of a train, usually a passenger train; a jumper cable.
  5. noun (electricity) A removable connecting pin on an electronic circuit board.
  6. noun A long drilling tool used by masons and quarry workers, consisting of an iron bar with a chisel-edged steel tip at one or both ends, operated by striking it against the rock, turning it slightly with each blow.
  7. noun (US) A crude kind of sleigh, usually a simple box on runners which are in one piece with the poles that form the thills.
  8. noun (arachnology, informal) A jumping spider.
  9. verb (transitive) To connect with an electrical jumper.
  10. noun (chiefly UK, Australia, New Zealand) A woollen sweater or pullover.
  11. noun A loose outer jacket, especially one worn by workers and sailors.
  12. noun (US) A one-piece, sleeveless dress, or a skirt with straps and a complete or partial bodice, usually worn over a blouse by women and children; pinafore.
  13. noun (usually plural, jumpers) Rompers.
  14. noun (Australian rules football) The shirt worn by the players; a guernsey.
  15. proper noun A surname.

Synonyms

jump wire sweater pinafore pinny jump shot

Etymology

From the term jump (“short coat”) + -er, originally in sailors' jargon, ultimately of uncertain origin. Jump is possibly from Scottish English jupe (“man's loose jacket or tunic”), from Middle English juype, gype, joupe, from Old French jupe, juppe, from Arabic جُبَّة (jubba); see also jibba. Cognate with Middle Low German jōpe, gōpe (“waistcoat, jacket”), German Joppe (“jacket”). Alternatively, perhaps derived from jump.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun One who, or that which, jumps.
  2. noun A long drilling tool used by masons and quarrymen.
  3. noun A loose upper garment; as: (a) A sort of blouse worn by workmen over their ordinary dress to protect it. (b) A fur garment worn in Arctic journeys.

Etymology [See 1st Jump.]

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