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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plumbing

/ˈplʌmɪŋ/ noun

Also a form of plumb

Forms plumbings

  1. noun The pipes, together with the joints, tanks, stopcocks, taps, and other fixtures of a water, gas, or sewage system in a house or other building. “Water was dripping from the ceiling, so we figured there was a problem with the plumbing.”
  2. noun The trade or occupation of a plumber.
  3. noun (informal) A system of vessels or ducts in the human body, especially the genitourinary system. “My plumbing was playing up, so I had to see the doctor.”
  4. noun (informal, figurative) Practical, concrete work serving to support other work. “This is not scientific research as such: it's just plumbing.”
  5. noun (countable) A Murasugi sum where each disk summed along has its boundary subdivided into four segments.
  6. noun (slang, euphemistic) The genitourinary system.
  7. noun (programming, Git) The set of Git commands, such as `git hash-object` and `git write-tree`, which control the low-level state of the repository, typically not intended to be used in ordinary situations.

Synonyms

waterworks plumbing system plumbery bathymetry

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The art of casting and working in lead, and applying it to building purposes; especially, the business of furnishing, fitting, and repairing pipes for conducting water, sewage, etc. Gwilt.
  2. noun The lead or iron pipes, and other apparatus, used in conveying water, sewage, etc., in a building.

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