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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parachute

UK /ˈpæɹəʃuːt/ · US /ˈpæɹəʃut/ noun, verb, proper noun

Forms parachutes parachuting parachuted

  1. noun (aviation) A device, generally constructed from fabric, that is designed to employ air resistance to control the fall of an object or person, causing them to float instead of falling.
  2. noun (zoology) A web or fold of skin extending between the legs of gliding mammals, such as the flying squirrel and colugo.
  3. noun Any of various mushrooms with broad, domed caps.
  4. noun (BDSM) A small collar which fastens around the scrotum and from which weights can be hung.
  5. noun A large sheet of fabric used in children's physical education, often colorful, with handles allowing many people to control its motion.
  6. verb (intransitive) To jump, fall, descend, etc. using such a device.
  7. verb (transitive) To introduce into a place using such a device. “The soldiers were parachuted behind enemy lines.”
  8. verb (transitive) To place (somebody) in an organisation in a position of authority without their having previous experience there; used with in or into.
  9. verb (slang) To wrap illicit drugs in a covering before swallowing them, so that they will be released for absorption when the covering dissolves within the body.
  10. proper noun A town in Garfield County, Colorado, United States, named after Parachute Creek; it was renamed Grand Valley in 1908, regaining its original name in the 1980s.

Synonyms

bomb chute jump

Etymology

Borrowed from French parachute, from para- (“protection against”) (as in parasol) and chute (“fall”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A contrivance somewhat in the form of an umbrella, by means of which a descent may be made from a balloon, or any eminence.
  2. noun A web or fold of skin which extends between the legs of certain mammals, as the flying squirrels, colugo, and phalangister.

Etymology [F., fr. paper to ward off, guard + chute a fall. See Parry, and Chute, Chance.]

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