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.

English Dictionary · 107,383 entries · Sources & licences

oddment

noun

Forms oddments

  1. noun A part of something that is left over, such as a piece of cloth. “an oddment of ribbon / of wood”
  2. noun Something that does not match the things it is with or cannot easily be categorized; a miscellaneous item.
  3. noun (commerce) An item that was originally part of a set but is sold individually; an excess item of stock.
  4. noun (printing) A part of a book that is not a portion of the text, such as the title, index, etc. (usually plural).
  5. noun A person who does not fit in with others or is considered to be strange in some way.
  6. noun A varied collection (of items).
  7. noun A remaining number or amount (after a calculation).
  8. noun Something strange or unusual.

Synonyms

fragment offcut remainder remnant scrap bits and bobs bits and pieces bric-a-brac odds and ends odds and sods whatnot misfit oddball weirdo assortment oddity end curio curiosity peculiarity rarity

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun An odd thing, or one that is left over, disconnected, fragmentary, or the like; something that is separated or disconnected from its fellows; esp. (in pl.),
  2. noun the odds and ends. Specif.: (Printing) Any separate small part or page in a book, other than the text, such as the title page, contents, etc.

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