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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prophylaxis

/pɹɔfɪˈlæksɪs/ noun

Forms prophylaxes

  1. noun (medicine) The prevention of, or the protective treatment for, disease. “The role of statins in prophylaxis for cardiovascular disease is well supported by the medical literature.”
  2. noun (sometimes specifically) The cleaning of a patient's teeth. “We did his semiannual prophylaxis today, and his teeth and gums were found to be healthy.”
  3. noun (sometimes specifically) Protective measures against acquiring a sexually transmitted disease.
  4. noun (by extension) Action that works to prevent some bad outcome. “The central bankers viewed these moves as prophylaxis against inflation.”
  5. noun (chess) A move or strategy that frustrates an opponent's plan or tactic.

Synonyms

prophy dental

Etymology

From Latin, from Ancient Greek πρό (pró, “before”) + φύλαξις (phúlaxis, “a watching, guarding”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The art of preserving from, or of preventing, disease; the observance of the rules necessary for the preservation of health; preservative or preventive treatment.

Etymology [NL. See Prophylactic.]

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