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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red oak

noun, proper noun

Forms red oaks

  1. noun (usually countable) An oak tree with wood of a red tint, with leaves that have pointed lobes, Quercus rubra, native to eastern North America.
  2. noun (usually countable) A similar tree of any of the many species in Quercus subg. Quercus, section Lobatae, found mostly in North America.
  3. noun (usually countable, Australia) Carnarvonia araliifolia, a rainforest tree from Australia.
  4. noun (usually uncountable) Wood from such trees.
  5. noun Agkistrodon contortrix, a venomous snake species found in North America.
  6. proper noun A community in South Fulton, Fulton County, Georgia.
  7. proper noun An unincorporated community in Buckeye Township, Stephenson County, Illinois.
  8. proper noun A city, the county seat of Montgomery County, Iowa.
  9. proper noun An unincorporated community in Bell County, Kentucky.
  10. proper noun An unincorporated community in Greenwood Township, Oscoda County, Michigan.
  11. proper noun An unincorporated community in Lawrence County, Missouri.
  12. proper noun A town in Nash County, North Carolina.
  13. proper noun A town in Latimer County, Oklahoma.

Synonyms

red silky oak copperhead northern red oak champion oak

Sources: Wiktionary — from the Wiktionary entry “red oak”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details