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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armor

UK /ˈɑː.mə/ · US /ˈɑːɹ.mɚ/ noun, verb, proper noun

Forms armors armoring armored armour

  1. noun (uncountable) A protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces.
  2. noun (uncountable) A natural form of this kind of protection on an animal's body.
  3. noun (uncountable) A metal plate, protecting a ship, military vehicle, or aircraft.
  4. noun (countable) A tank, or other heavy mobile assault vehicle.
  5. noun (military, uncountable) A military formation consisting primarily of tanks or other armoured fighting vehicles, collectively.
  6. noun (hydrology, uncountable) The naturally occurring surface of pebbles, rocks or boulders that line the bed of a waterway or beach and provide protection against erosion.
  7. verb (transitive) To equip something with armor or a protective coating or hardening.
  8. verb (transitive) To provide something with an analogous form of protection.
  9. proper noun A surname.

Synonyms

carapace chitin horn armor plate armour plate cavalry mechanized body armour body armor mail chain mail plate suit of armour suit of armor armour

Etymology

From Middle English armure, armour, armor, armeure, borrowed from Anglo-Norman armure and Old French armeüre, from Latin armātūra. Doublet of armature and armure. By surface analysis, arm (“to cover or furnish”) + -or (suffix forming agent nouns or nouns of quality, state, or condition).

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun Defensive arms for the body; any clothing or covering worn to protect one's person in battle.
  2. noun Steel or iron covering, whether of ships or forts, protecting them from the fire of artillery. Coat armor, the escutcheon of a person or family, with its several charges and other furniture, as mantling, crest, supporters, motto, etc. -- Submarine, a water-tight dress or covering for a diver. See under Submarine.

Etymology [OE. armure, fr. F. armure, OF. armeure, fr. L. armatura. See Armature.]

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