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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noise

/ˈnoɪ̯z/ noun, verb

Forms noises noising noised

  1. noun (uncountable) Various sounds, usually unwanted or unpleasant. “He knew that it was trash day, when the garbage collectors made all the noise.”
  2. noun Any sound. “The sudden noise made everyone jump.”
  3. noun Sound or signal generated by random fluctuations.
  4. noun (technology) Any part of a signal or data that reduces the clarity, precision, or quality of the desired output.
  5. noun (statistics) Variation or deviation generated by random fluctuations.
  6. noun (figurative, by extension) Unwanted fuss or bustle; useless activity.
  7. noun (genetics) The measured level of variation in gene expression among cells, regardless of source, within a supposedly identical population.
  8. noun Rumour or complaint. “The problems with the new computer system are causing a lot of noise at Head Office.”
  9. verb (intransitive) To make a noise; to sound.
  10. verb (transitive) To spread news of; to spread as rumor or gossip. “an ugly story that was being noised about in newsrooms across the nation”

Synonyms

sound cacophony clamour clash commotion din disquiet exclamation hullabaloo outcry racket tintamarre tumult uproar vociferation dissonance interference disturbance randomness haphazardness stochasticity make noise resound

Antonyms

calm quiet silence

Etymology

From Middle English noyse, noise, from Old French noise (“a dispute, wrangle, strife, noise”), of uncertain origin. According to some, from Latin nausia, nausea (“disgust, nausea”); according to others, from Latin noxia (“hurt, harm, damage, injury”); but neither explanation is satisfactory in regard to either form or sense. Potentially a reduced form of Old French enoiier (“to bother, to disturb”), from Latin inodio (“to make repulsive”) - which would make it a doublet of English annoy (“to bother, to irritate”) and English ennui (“boredom, jadedness, depression”). Compare Piedmontese nojé (“to bother, to annoy”), though this fails to explain the final /z/. Displaced native Old English swēġ.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun Sound of any kind.
  2. noun Especially, loud, confused, or senseless sound; clamor; din.
  3. verb To sound; to make a noise. Milton.
  4. verb To spread by rumor or report.

Etymology [F. noise noisy strife, quarrel, brawl, fr. L. nausea seasickness, sickness, disgust. See Nausea.]

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

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