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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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ottoman

UK /ˈɒtəmən/ · US /ˈɑtəmən/ noun, proper noun, adjective

Forms ottomans Otoman Othoman

  1. noun (furniture) An upholstered sofa, without arms or a back, sometimes with a compartment for storing linen etc.
  2. noun (furniture) A low stool or thick cushion used to rest the feet or as a seat.
  3. noun (textiles) A fabric with a pronounced ribbed or corded effect, often made of silk or a mixture of cotton and silk-like yarns.
  4. proper noun Osman I (d. 1323/4), founder of the Ottoman Empire.
  5. proper noun Osman II (1604–1622), sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1618 until his death.
  6. proper noun Osman III (1699–1757), sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1754 until his death.
  7. noun A member of the Ottoman dynasty.
  8. noun A citizen of the Ottoman Empire.
  9. noun (in particular) An ethnic Turk of the Ottoman Empire.
  10. adjective Of or relating to the Ottoman dynasty or the Ottoman Empire.
  11. adjective (in particular) Of or relating to the ethnic Turks of the Ottoman Empire.
  12. proper noun The Ottoman Turkish language.

Synonyms

footstool hassock pouffe tuffet tumpty Osman Osmanid Osmanli Ottomanid Osmanian Ottomanian Osmanic Ottomanic Ottoman Turk Ottoman dynasty pouf puff footrest

Etymology

From Ottoman in the early 19th century; so named because reclining on a couch was associated with Middle Eastern customs.

Borrowed from Middle French Ottoman (“Osman”), borrowed from Italian Ottomano, borrowed from Arabic عُثْمَان (ʕuṯmān). Doublet of Osman and Uthman.

Ellipsis of Ottoman Turkish.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Of or pertaining to the Turks; as, the Ottoman power or empire.
  2. noun A Turk.
  3. noun A stuffed seat without a back, originally used in Turkey.

Etymology [F. ottoman: cf. It. ottomano, ottomanno; -- from Othoman, Othman, or Osman, the name of a sultan who assumed the government of Turkey about the year 1300. Cf. Osmanli, Ottoman a stuffed seat.]

Etymology [F. ottomane, from ottoman Turkish.]

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