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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precinct

/ˈpɹisɪŋkt/ noun

Forms precincts præcinct

  1. noun (chiefly in the plural) An enclosed space having defined limits, normally marked by walls.
  2. noun (chiefly in the plural) The general area surrounding a place, environs.
  3. noun (UK) A pedestrianized and uncovered shopping area.
  4. noun (US, law enforcement) A subdivision of a city under the jurisdiction of a specific group of police; the police station situated in that district.
  5. noun (US) A subdivision of a city or other locality for the purposes of voting and representation in local government. In cities, precincts may be grouped into wards.
  6. noun (archaic) A district over which someone or some body of people has control in general; province, sphere of control.
  7. noun (archaic) A surrounding boundary or limit.

Etymology

From Middle English precinct, precincte, early 15th century, in sense of “district for government purposes”, from Medieval Latin precinctum, alternative form of praecinctum (“enclosure, boundary line”), neuter singular of praecinctus, perfect passive participle of Latin praecingō (“surround, gird”), from prae (“before”) + cingō (“surround, encircle”), from which also cinch.
Cognate to Italian precingere (“to encircle”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The limit or exterior line encompassing a place; a boundary; a confine; limit of jurisdiction or authority; --often in the plural; as, the precincts of a state. "The precincts of light." Milton.
  2. noun A district within certain boundaries; a minor territorial or jurisdictional division; as, an election precinct; a school precinct.

Etymology [LL. praecinctum, fr. L. praecingere, praecinctum, to gird about, to encompass; prae before + cingere to gird, surround. See Pre-, and Cincture.]

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