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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liner

/ˈlaɪnɚ/ noun, verb, proper noun

Forms liners linering linered

  1. noun Someone who fits a lining to something. “a liner of shoes”
  2. noun A removable cover or lining. “I threw out the trash can liner.”
  3. noun The pamphlet supplied in the box with an audiovisual tape or disc, etc. “liner notes”
  4. noun A lining within the cylinder of a steam engine, in which the piston works and between which and the outer shell of the cylinder a space is left to form a steam jacket.
  5. noun A similar lining for cylinders of internal-combustion engines (see "Further reading").
  6. noun A slab on which small pieces of marble, tile, etc., are fastened for grinding.
  7. noun A formal no-show sock.
  8. noun A pantyliner.
  9. verb (transitive) To fit a cylinder liner.
  10. noun A large passenger-carrying ship, especially one on a regular route; an ocean liner.
  11. noun (nautical) A ship of the line.
  12. noun (baseball) A line drive. “The liner glanced off the pitcher's foot.”
  13. noun (marketing, slang) A basic salesperson.
  14. noun (in combination) Something with a specified number of lines.
  15. noun (South Korean idol fandom) A person born in a certain year (XX liner); a person who belongs to a certain line. “94 liner”
  16. proper noun A surname.

Synonyms

line drive lining ocean liner

Etymology

From line (noun) + -er (relational suffix) or -er (measurement suffix) (sense 5).

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun One who lines, as, a liner of shoes.
  2. noun A vessel belonging to a regular line of packets; also, a line-of-battle ship; a ship of the line.

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