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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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mullet

/ˈmʌlɪt/ noun, proper noun

Forms mullets

  1. noun A fish of the family Mullidae (order Syngnathiformes).
  2. noun (sometimes specifically) Those of the genus Mullus within that family.
  3. noun (especially US) A fish of the family Mugilidae (order Mugiliformes).
  4. noun (US) Any of several species of freshwater fish in the sucker family.
  5. noun (especially) Those in the genus Moxostoma.
  6. noun A fool.
  7. noun A men's hairstyle where the hair is kept short on the top and sides and long at the back.
  8. noun (slang) A person who mindlessly follows a fad, a trend, or a leader.
  9. noun (heraldry) A star with straight edges and usually with five or six points.
  10. noun A rowel of a spur.
  11. proper noun A surname.

Synonyms

red mullet mullid goatfish grey mullet haarder springer redhorse jumprock hockey hair gray mullet

Etymology

From Middle English molet, mulett, from Old French mulet (now ‘grey mullet’), from Latin mullus (“red mullet”), from Ancient Greek μύλλος (múllos).

Also termed a mullethead, possibly derived from the fish (see Etymology 1) or from mull (meaning to stupefy) though neither is certain.

1994 US. Popularized and possibly coined by hip hop group the Beastie Boys in their song "Mullet Head".

From Middle English molet, from Old French molette (“rowel”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun Any one of numerous fishes of the genus Mugil; --called also gray mullets. They are found on the coasts of both continents, and are highly esteemed as food. Among the most valuable species are Mugil capito of Europe, and M. cephalus which occurs both on the European and American coasts.
  2. noun Any species of the genus Mullus, or family Mullidæ; called also red mullet, and surmullet, esp. the plain surmullet (Mullus barbatus), and the striped surmullet (M. surmulletus) of Southern Europe. The former is the mullet of the Romans. It is noted for the brilliancy of its colors. See Surmullet. French mullet. See Ladyfish (a).
  3. noun A star, usually five pointed and pierced; --when used as a difference it indicates the third son.
  4. noun Small pinchers for curling the hair. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Etymology [OE. molet, mulet, F. mulet, fr. L. mullus.]

Etymology [F. molette.]

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