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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newspaper

UK /ˈnjuːsˌpeɪpə/ · US /ˈn(j)usˌpeɪpɚ/ noun, verb

Forms newspapers newspapering newspapered

  1. noun (countable) A publication, usually published daily or weekly, containing news and other articles. Traditionally a print publication typically printed on cheap, low-quality paper; today usually digital and often also available in print. “Many major newspapers are paywalled because they need the revenue.”
  2. noun (countable, metonymic) The news organization that produces such a publication. “Some newspapers are afraid to do hard-hitting investigative journalism. But this newspaper doesn't run from a fight.”
  3. noun (uncountable, countable) A quantity of or one of the types of paper on which newspapers are printed.
  4. verb (transitive) To cover with newspaper. “She newspapered one end of the room before painting the bookcase.”
  5. verb (intransitive, transitive) To engage in the business of journalism “His newspapered his way through the South on the sports beat, avoiding dry towns.”
  6. verb (transitive, obsolete) To harass somebody through newspaper articles. “He got newspapered out of public life.”

Synonyms

paper rag masthead newsprint newspaper publisher

Etymology

From news + paper.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A sheet of paper printed and distributed, at stated intervals, for conveying intelligence of passing events, advocating opinions, etc.; a public print that circulates news, advertisements, proceedings of legislative bodies, public announcements, etc.

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

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “newspaper” (best matches first).