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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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prunella

noun

Forms prunellas

  1. noun (botany) A member of the genus Prunella of herbaceous plants, the allheals.
  2. noun (obsolete, medicine) Any of various diseases characterised by inflammation of the mouth or throat.
  3. noun (now rare, historical) A smooth worsted or silk fabric, generally black, formerly used for making shoes and clergymen's gowns.

Synonyms

genus Prunella

Etymology

From post-classical Latin prunella, from brunus + -ella, perhaps because of the plant's brown sepals.

From post-classical Latin prunella, alternation of brunella (“infectious epidemic”), from brunus + -ella.

Probably a variant of prunello, with reference to the colour of the fabric. Compare French prunelle.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A smooth woolen stuff, generally black, used for making shoes; a kind of lasting; --formerly used also for clergymen's gowns.

Etymology [NL., perhaps from G. bræune quinsy, croup.]

Etymology [F. prunelle, probably so called from its color resembling that of prunes. See Prune, n.]

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