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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primrose

UK /ˈpɹɪm.ɹəʊz/ · US /ˈpɹɪm.ɹoʊz/ noun, adjective, verb, proper noun

Forms primroses primrosing primrosed

  1. noun A flowering plant of the genus Primula.
  2. noun Specifically, the species Primula acaulis (syn. Primula vulgaris), also called common primrose.
  3. noun A plant of the family Primulaceae.
  4. noun A plant of the genus Oenothera, better known as an evening primrose.
  5. noun A flower of a primrose plant.
  6. noun A light yellow colour.
  7. adjective Of a light yellow colour.
  8. verb (intransitive) To pick primroses. “We went primrosing on Sunday and returned with a full basket.”
  9. proper noun A habitational surname.
  10. proper noun (rare, chiefly Britain) A female given name from English.

Synonyms

plumrock plumrose primula cowslip oxlip primerole

Etymology

From Middle English primerose, from Old French primerose, from Medieval Latin prima (“first”) + rosa (“rose”). The designation may derive from the fact that certain species of primroses are among the earliest flowers to bloom in the spring season.

The surname derives from a place name in Fife, Scotland; Watson (1926) derived this from Pictish/Proto-Brythonic *prenn (“wood, tree”) + *rros (“moor, heath”). Taylor instead argued for Scottish Gaelic prím (“first”) + ros (“promontory”). Changed by folk etymology because of phonetic resemblance to primrose. The given name is one of the 19th-century flower names.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Of or pertaining to the primrose; of the color of a primrose; - -hence, flowery; gay. "The primrose path of dalliance." Shak.

Etymology [OE. primerole, F. primerole, a derivative fr. LL. primula, from L. primus first. See Prime, a.]

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