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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kamikaze

UK /ˌkɑː.mɪˈkɑː.ziː/ · US /ˌkɑ.mɪˈkɑ.zi/ noun, verb, adjective

Forms kamikazes kamikazeing kamikazed

  1. noun An attack requiring the suicide of the one carrying it out, especially when done with an aircraft.
  2. noun (countable) One who carries out a suicide attack, especially with an aircraft.
  3. noun (countable) A vehicle used for a suicide attack, especially an aircraft.
  4. noun (colloquial, countable) One who takes excessive risks, as for example in a sporting event.
  5. noun (countable) A cocktail made of equal parts vodka, triple sec and lime juice.
  6. noun (countable, surfing) A deliberate wipeout.
  7. verb (transitive) To destroy (a ship, etc.) in a suicide attack, especially by crashing an aircraft.
  8. verb (intransitive) To carry out a suicide attack, especially by crashing an aircraft.
  9. verb (intransitive, slang) To fail disastrously.
  10. adjective Suicidal, risking one's own life.
  11. adjective Having or showing reckless disregard for safety or personal welfare.

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 神風(かみかぜ) (kamikaze, “divine wind”), from 神(かみ) (kami, “divine”) + 風(かぜ) (kaze, “wind”); which originally referred to the typhoon that destroyed the Mongol navy attacking Japan in 1281.

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