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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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marigold

UK /ˈmæɹ.ɪˌɡəʊld/ · US /ˈmæɹ.ɪˌɡoʊld/ noun, adjective, proper noun

Forms marigolds marygold

  1. noun Any of the Old World plants, of the genus Calendula, with orange, yellow or reddish flowers.
  2. noun Any of the New World plants, of the genus Tagetes, with orange, yellow or reddish flowers.
  3. noun (UK, slang, obsolete) A million pounds sterling.
  4. adjective Having the color of marigolds, a bright yellowish-orange hue.
  5. proper noun A female given name.
  6. noun (UK, genericised brand name, usually in the plural, sometimes with capital) A rubber glove, especially one for use in household cleaning.

Etymology

From Middle English marigolde, marygoldye, from Mary (referring to the Virgin Mary) + Middle English golde (“marigold”).

From the flower. The rubber gloves are generally bright yellow in colour.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A name for several plants with golden yellow blossoms, especially the Calendula officinalis (see Calendula), and the cultivated species of Tagetes.

Etymology [Mary + gold.]

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