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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pony

UK /ˈpəʊni/ · US /ˈpoʊni/ noun, verb, adjective

Also a form of pone

Forms ponies ponying ponied Ponys Ponyes

  1. noun A small horse; specifically, any of several small breeds of horse under 14.2 hands at the withers.
  2. noun (endearing) A horse of any size.
  3. noun A contraption built like a mount, strong enough to support one's weight.
  4. noun (regional) A small serving of an alcoholic beverage, especially beer.
  5. noun (Australia, New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia) A serving of 140 millilitres of beer (formerly 5 fl oz); a quarter pint.
  6. noun (UK, slang) Twenty-five pounds (money).
  7. noun (US, slang) A translation used as a study aid; loosely, a crib, a cheat-sheet.
  8. noun (slang) A ponytail hairstyle.
  9. verb (transitive) To lead (a horse) from another horse.
  10. verb To use a crib or cheat-sheet in translating.
  11. adjective (Cockney rhyming slang) Synonym of crap: of little worth.
  12. noun (Cockney rhyming slang) Synonym of crap: rubbish, nonsense.
  13. noun An athletic shoe or other piece of athletic gear of an American-based brand of that name.

Synonyms

horseling buck crap MLP trot crib shot glass jigger

Etymology

From Scots powny, apparently from Middle French poulenet (“little foal”), ultimately from Late Latin pullanus (“young of an animal”), from pullus. First attested in 1659. Doublet of foal and pullus.
Sense “small serving of alcohol” from 19th century, both for small sizes generally and for a quarter pint specifically, from the small size.

Clipping of pony and trap, rhyming with crap.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A small horse.
  2. noun Twenty-five pounds sterling. [Slang, Eng.]

Etymology [Gael. ponaidh.]

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