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-hot

adjective

Forms red-hots red hot redhot

  1. adjective Heated to the point that it glows with a visible red color. “The smith's apprentice was still wary of manipulating the red-hot metal.”
  2. adjective (hyperbolic) Very hot. “That curry was red-hot.”
  3. adjective (informal) Emotionally charged, especially with anger or enthusiasm. “He really delivered a red-hot speech today.”
  4. adjective (informal) Having very strong sex appeal. “Did you see that red-hot bikini model in today's paper?”
  5. adjective (informal) Very fresh, exciting, and up-to-date. “Tune in at ten to catch this red-hot story!”

Synonyms

glowing hot fervent fiery juicy luscious toothsome voluptuous hot sizzling blistering

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Red with heat; heated to redness; as, red-hot iron; red-hot balls. Hence, figuratively, excited; violent; as, a red-hot radical.

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