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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lite

/laɪt/ adjective, noun, verb

Also a form of light

Forms lites liter litest liting lited

  1. adjective (usually postpositive) Abridged or lesser; being a simpler or unpaid version of a product.
  2. adjective Light in composition, notably low in fat, calories etc. Most commonly used commercially. “Dinner consisted of crackers, some broccoli and a salad with lite ranch dressing.”
  3. adjective Lightweight
  4. adjective (usually postpositive) Lacking substance or seriousness; watered down.
  5. noun (architecture) A window pane
  6. noun (UK, dialect) A little, bit.
  7. adjective (UK, dialect) few; little
  8. verb (UK, dialect) To expect; wait.
  9. verb (UK, dialect) To rely.
  10. noun (UK, dialect) The act of waiting; a wait.

Synonyms

light low-cal calorie-free

Etymology

Variation of light (in the sense of lacking weight, substance, etc.)

From Middle English lit, lut (“little”), from Old English lȳt.

From Middle English liten, from Old Norse hlíta (“to rely on, trust, abide by”). Cognate with Icelandic hlíta (“to comply”), Swedish lita (“to trust, rely on, depend on, confide in”), Danish lide (“to trust”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Little. [Obs.] Chaucer.

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