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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.

English Dictionary · 107,383 entries · Sources & licences

pelican

/ˈpɛl.ɪ.kən/ noun, proper noun

Forms pelicans pelecan

  1. noun Any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae, having a long bill with a distendable pouch.
  2. noun A native or resident of the American state of Louisiana.
  3. noun (chemistry, obsolete) A retort or still having a curved tube or tubes leading back from the head to the body for continuous condensation and redistillation.
  4. noun (dentistry) A set of forceps used to force overcrowded teeth apart.
  5. noun (Canada, slang, firefighting) A waterbomber.
  6. noun (slang) An ageing prostitute.
  7. proper noun A suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales.
  8. proper noun A rural locality in Western Downs Region, Queensland.
  9. proper noun A minor city on Chichagof Island, Alaska.
  10. proper noun An unincorporated community in DeSoto Parish, Louisiana.
  11. proper noun A township in Crow Wing County, Minnesota, named after Pelican Lake (Crow Wing County, Minnesota).
  12. proper noun A township in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, named after the Pelican River (Otter Tail River tributary).
  13. proper noun A town in Oneida County, Wisconsin, named after Pelican Lake (Oneida County, Wisconsin).

Synonyms

dental pelican

Etymology

From Middle English pellican, pellicane, from Old English pellican (“pelican”), from Latin pelecānus, from Ancient Greek πελεκάν (pelekán),

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun Any large webfooted bird of the genus of Pelecanus, of which about a dozen species are known. They have an enormous bill, to the lower edge of which is attached a pouch in which captured fishes are temporarily stored.
  2. noun A retort or still having a curved tube or tubes leading back from the head to the body for continuous condensation and redistillation.

Etymology [F. pélican, L. pelicanus, pelecanus, Gr. paraçu.]

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