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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appendix

/əˈpɛn.dɪks/ noun

Forms appendices appendixes

  1. noun (obsolete in general sense) Something attached to something else; an attachment or accompaniment.
  2. noun A text added to the end of a book or an article, containing additional information.
  3. noun (anatomy) The vermiform appendix.
  4. noun (anatomy) Any process, prolongation, or projection.

Synonyms

addition addendum attachment accessory accompaniment add-on adjunct affix annex infusion apanage appendage extra increase increment supplement ancillary auxiliary codicil vermiform appendix vermiform process cecal appendage

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin appendix.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun Something appended or added; an appendage, adjunct, or concomitant.
  2. noun Any literary matter added to a book, but not necessarily essential to its completeness, and thus distinguished from supplement, which is intended to supply deficiencies and correct inaccuracies.

Etymology [L. appendix, -dicis, fr. appendere. See Append.]

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

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “appendix” (best matches first).