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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radio

UK /ˈɹeɪ.diˌəʊ/ · US /ˈɹeɪ.diˌoʊ/ noun, verb, proper noun

Forms radios radioes radioing radioed

  1. noun (uncountable) The technology that allows for the transmission of sound or other signals by modulation of electromagnetic waves. “send a message by radio”
  2. noun (countable) A device that can capture (receive) the signal sent over radio waves and render the modulated signal as sound. “(of a song, person, etc.) to be on the radio”
  3. noun (countable, by extension) Any audio playing device, such as the on-board entertainment system in a car, usually including a radio receiver as well as the capability to play audio from recorded media; see also car radio.
  4. noun (countable) A device that can transmit radio signals.
  5. noun (Internet, uncountable) The continuous broadcasting of sound via the Internet in the style of traditional radio.
  6. verb (ambitransitive) To use two-way radio to transmit (a message) (to another radio or other radio operator).
  7. verb (transitive) To order or assist (to a location), using telecommunications.
  8. proper noun A surname.

Synonyms

tuner wireless receiver radiocommunication radio receiver receiving set radio set

Etymology

Short for radiotelegraphy.

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 — from the Wiktionary entry “radio”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details