Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

θ	thin	ð	this	ʃ	she	ʒ	measure
tʃ	church	dʒ	judge	ŋ	sing	j	yes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

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)

-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.

nu

UK /njuː/ · US /nu/ noun, interjection, adjective, proper noun

Also a form of new

Forms nus

noun The letter of the Greek alphabet Ν (N) and ν (n).
noun A measure of constringence in lenses or prisms.
interjection (Jewish) An exclamation of surprise, emphasis, doubt, etc.
interjection (Jewish) Well? (Used as a question to demand an answer from someone reluctant to answer.)
adjective (slang spelling) new
adjective (fandom slang, usually derogatory) New, especially used of remakes seen as a travesty or pale imitation of the original.
proper noun (Egyptian mythology) The god who serves as the personification of the primeval waters that existed before the world.
proper noun one of the 56 ethnic groups recognized by the People's Republic of China.

Synonyms

From Ancient Greek νῦ (nû), name for the letter of the Greek alphabet Ν (N) and ν (n).

Borrowed from Yiddish נו (nu). Doublet of now.

Phonetic respelling of new.

Likely back-formation from nü-metal; originally an alteration of nu with heavy metal umlaut.

Sources: Wiktionary — from the Wiktionary entry “nu”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details