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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Olympic

/əˈlɪmpɪk/ adjective, noun

Forms Olympics

  1. adjective Of or pertaining to the Olympic Games. “Olympic torch; Olympic champion; Olympic medal; Olympic qualifiers”
  2. adjective Of a standard associated with the Olympic Games. “Olympic swimming pool”
  3. adjective (informal) Very large or powerful.
  4. adjective (rare) Of or pertaining to Olympus, a mountain of Thessaly, fabled as the seat of the gods.
  5. adjective (rare) Detached or liberated from petty concerns; godlike.
  6. adjective (rare) Of or pertaining to the ancient city of Olympia.
  7. noun (cricket, slang) Five consecutive ducks.

Synonyms

Olympian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ὀλυμπικός (Olumpikós), from Ὄλυμπος (Ólumpos, “Olympus”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Of or pertaining to Olympus, a mountain of Thessaly, fabled as the seat of the gods, or to Olympia, a small plain in Elis. Olympic games, or Olympics (Greek Antiq.), the greatest of the national festivals of the ancient Greeks, consisting of athletic games and races, dedicated to Olympian Zeus, celebrated once in four years at Olympia, and continuing five days.

Etymology [L. Olympius, Olympicus, Gr. olympique. See Olympiad.]

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