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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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mock orange

noun

Forms mock oranges

  1. noun Any shrub of the genus Philadelphus, particularly Philadelphus coronarius (sweet mock orange).
  2. noun Bursaria spinosa (Australian blackthorn), a small tree from Australia.
  3. noun Choisya ternata (Mexican orange), an aromatic shrub native to North America.
  4. noun Maclura pomifera (Osage orange), a small tree from North America.
  5. noun Murraya paniculata (orange jessamine), a small tree ranging from East Asia to Australasia.
  6. noun Pittosporum undulatum (sweet pittosporum), a small tree native to Australia.

Synonyms

philadelphus syringa Philadelphus coronarius southern buckthorn shittimwood shittim Bumelia lycioides cherry laurel laurel cherry wild orange Prunus caroliniana osage orange bow wood Maclura pomifera

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