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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laminate

/ˈlæmɪneɪt/ verb, noun, adjective

Forms laminates laminating laminated

  1. verb (transitive) To assemble from thin sheets glued together to make a thicker sheet. “We'll laminate the piece of wood with grain going in different directions to make a really strong hull for the boat.”
  2. verb (transitive) To cover (something flat, usually paper) in adhesive protective plastic. “We laminated the printouts so we could use them as signage.”
  3. verb (transitive) To form (metal etc.) into a thin plate, as by rolling.
  4. verb (transitive) To cause to separate into thin plates or layers; to divide into thin plates.
  5. noun Material formed of thin sheets glued together.
  6. adjective Consisting of, or covered with, laminae, or thin plates, scales, or layers, one over another; laminated.

Etymology

First attested in 1666; borrowed from New Latin laminātus, perfect passive participle of laminō (attested since the first quarter of the 16th century), from Latin lāmina (“thin sheet of metal/other material”), see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3).

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Consisting of, or covered with, laminæ, or thin plates, scales, or layers, one over another; laminated.
  2. verb To cause to separate into thin plates or layers; to divide into thin plates.
  3. verb To form, as metal, into a thin plate, as by rolling.
  4. verb To separate into laminæ.

Etymology [See Lamina.]

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