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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mediocre

UK /ˌmiːdɪˈəʊkə/ · US /ˌmidiˈoʊkəɹ/ adjective, noun

Forms mediocres mediocer

  1. adjective Not excellent or outstanding, usually disappointingly so. “I'm pretty good at tennis but only mediocre at racquetball.”
  2. noun A person of minor significance, accomplishment or acclaim; a common and undistinguished person.
  3. noun (historical) A member of a socioeconomic class between the upper ranks of society and the agricultural workers.

Synonyms

common commonplace ordinary average comme ci comme ça crappy moderate decent indifferent lackluster meh mid middling no great shakes nothing to write home about not worth writing home about OK okayish pedestrian unexceptional second-rate fair

Antonyms

great distinguished exceptional outstanding remarkable peculiar ace admirable amazing awe-inspiring awesome badass

Etymology

From the late Middle English medioker, from the French médiocre, from the Middle French médiocre, from the Classical Latin mediocris (“in a middle state”, “of middle size”, “middling”, “moderate”, “ordinary”, from medius (“middle”) + ocris (“rugged mountain”)); compare mediocrely and mediocrity.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Of a middle quality; of but a moderate or low degree of excellence; indifferent; ordinary. " A very mediocre poet." Pope.
  2. noun A mediocre person. [R.]
  3. noun A young monk who was excused from performing a portion of a monk's duties. Shipley.

Etymology [F. médiocre, L. mediocris, fr. medius middle. See Mid.]

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