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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marathon

UK /ˈmæɹəθən/ · US /ˈmæɹəˌθɑn/ noun, verb, proper noun

Forms marathons marathoning marathoned

  1. noun A 42.195-kilometre (26-mile-385-yard) road race.
  2. noun (figuratively, by extension) Any extended or sustained activity. “He had a cleaning marathon the night before his girlfriend came over.”
  3. verb (intransitive) To run a marathon.
  4. verb (informal, transitive) To watch or read a large number of instalments of (a film, book, TV series, etc.) in one sitting. “We're going to marathon Star Trek next weekend.”
  5. proper noun A town in Attica, Greece, the site of the victory in 490 BC of heavily outnumbered Athenians against Persians.
  6. proper noun A rural town in the Shire of Flinders, northern Queensland, Australia.
  7. proper noun A town in Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada.
  8. proper noun A city in the Florida Keys, Monroe County, Florida.
  9. proper noun A minor city in Buena Vista County, Iowa.
  10. proper noun A township in Lapeer County, Michigan.
  11. proper noun A town and village therein, in Cortland County, New York.
  12. proper noun An unincorporated community in Jackson Township, Clermont County, Ohio.
  13. noun Former name of Snickers (“chocolate bar brand”).

Synonyms

endurance contest battle of Marathon

Etymology

From French marathon, coined in 1894 by linguist Michel Bréal for the first modern time Olympic Games after Ancient Greek Μαραθών (Marathṓn), a town northeast of Athens. Phidippides the Greek ran the distance from Marathon to Athens to deliver a message regarding the Battle of Marathon. The modern sport of marathon running is based on a run approximately the same distance. The toponym itself comes from μάραθον (márathon, “fennel”) and refers to the prevalence of the plant in the area.

From Ancient Greek Μαραθών (Marathṓn). Doublet of marathon.

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 — from the Wiktionary entry “marathon”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details