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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notable

UK /ˈnəʊtəbl̩/ · US /ˈnoʊtəbl̩/ adjective, noun

Forms notables nottable

  1. adjective Worthy of note; remarkable; memorable; noted or distinguished.
  2. adjective Easily noted (without connotations of value); clearly noticeable, conspicuous.
  3. adjective That can be observed; perceptible.
  4. adjective (now rare) Industrious, energetic; (specifically) (usually of a woman) capable, efficient in household management.
  5. adjective (obsolete) Useful; profitable.
  6. noun A person or thing of distinction.

Synonyms

eminent namely noteworthy apparent evident arrant undoubted glaring bait blatant clear clear as a bell clear as day clear cut conspicuous crystal clear cut and dried decided elucidate eyely luminary leading light guiding light notability celebrated famed far-famed famous illustrious noted

Antonyms

nameless obscure subtle non-notable boring ignorable improminent irrelevant negligible normal trifling trivial

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English notable (“worthy of note, profitable, useful”), in some senses from Anglo-Norman notable (“noteworthy”), from Latin notābilis (“noteworthy, extraordinary”), from notō (“to note, mark”); in some senses from Middle English note (“benefit, profit, use, advantage”), from Old English notu (“t-use, profit, advantage, employment”) + -able; equivalent to note + -able. Compare English noteful (“useful”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Capable of being noted; noticeable; plan; evident.
  2. adjective Worthy of notice; remarkable; memorable; noted or distinguished; as, a notable event, person.
  3. noun A person, or thing, of distinction.
  4. noun One of a number of persons, before the revolution of 1789, chiefly of the higher orders, appointed by the king to constitute a representative body.

Etymology [F. notable, L. notabilis, fr. notare to mark, nota mark, note. See 5th Note.]

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