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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aspic

/ˈæspɪk/ noun, adjective

Forms aspics

  1. noun A meat or fish jelly.
  2. noun A dish in which ingredients are set into a gelatine, jelly-like substance made from a meat stock or consommé.
  3. noun (obsolete, poetic) An asp, a small venomous snake of Egypt.
  4. noun (obsolete) A light cannon firing a two-pound ball.
  5. adjective Aspish; relating to an asp, a small venomous snake of Egypt.

Etymology

Borrowed from French aspic, from Latin aspis, and possibly influenced by French basilic (“basilisk”). The culinary sense may come from association with the snake due to the traditional colors and cold temperature of aspic, in addition to the fact that the gelatin was often molded in a shape similar to a coiled snake.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The venomous asp. [Chiefly poetic] Shak. Tennyson.
  2. noun A piece of ordnance carrying a 12 pound shot. [Obs.]
  3. noun A European species of lavender (Lavandula spica), which produces a volatile oil. See Spike.
  4. noun A savory meat jelly containing portions of fowl, game, fish, hard boiled eggs, etc. Thackeray.

Etymology [F. See Asp.]

Etymology [F., a corrupt. of spic (OF. espi, F. épi), L. spica (spicum, spicus), ear, spike. See Spike.]

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