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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porterage

UK /ˈpɔːtəɹɪd͡ʒ/ · US /ˈpɔɹtəɹəd͡ʒ/ noun

Forms porterages

  1. noun (uncountable) The carrying or transportation of goods by a porter (“person who carries luggage and related objects”) or other person.
  2. noun (uncountable) Porters regarded collectively.
  3. noun (uncountable, obsolete, rare) Goods or other things which are carried; burdens.
  4. noun (countable, uncountable) The charge for such carrying or transportation.
  5. noun The occupation of, or services provided by, a porter (“person in control of the entrance to a building”).

Synonyms

portage

Etymology

From porter (“person who carries luggage and related objects”) + -age (suffix forming nouns indicating an action, process, or result; a charge, fee, or toll; or a relationship or state).
* Anglo-Norman portage, porterage
* Late Latin portagium

From porter (“person in control of the entrance to a building”) + -age (suffix forming nouns indicating a relationship or state).

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The work of a porter; the occupation of a carrier or of a doorkeeper.
  2. noun Money charged or paid for the carriage of burdens or parcels by a porter.

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