Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

θ	thin	ð	this	ʃ	she	ʒ	measure
tʃ	church	dʒ	judge	ŋ	sing	j	yes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

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)

-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.

placket

/ˈplækɪt/ noun

Forms plackets

noun A slit or other opening in an item of clothing, to allow access to pockets or fastenings
noun (obsolete) A petticoat, especially an underpetticoat.
noun (obsolete, slang, by extension) A woman.
noun (obsolete) A woman's pocket.
noun (historical) A leather jacket strengthened with strips of steel.
noun (historical) An additional plate of steel on the lower half of the breastplate or backplate.

Synonyms

placcat placcate

Either a variant of placard or borrowed from Middle French plaquette (“metal plate”), from plaquer (“to lay or clap on”). See placard.

noun A petticoat, esp. an under petticoat; hence, a cant term for a woman. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
noun The opening or slit left in a petticoat or skirt for convenience in putting it on; --called also placket hole.

Etymology [F. plaquer to lay or clap on. See Placard.]

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