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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registration

/ˌɹɛd͡ʒ.ɪˈstɹeɪ.ʃən/ noun

Forms registrations

  1. noun (countable, uncountable) The act of signing up or registering for something. “Complete the registration process.”
  2. noun (countable) That which registers or makes something official, e.g. the form or paper that registers. “Did you submit your car registration yet?”
  3. noun (uncountable) Alignment, e.g. of colors or other elements in a printing process.
  4. noun (uncountable) The location where guests register, especially with a hotel. “The elevators are just past registration.”
  5. noun (music) The art of selecting and combining the stops or registers of an organ.

Synonyms

enrollment enrolment adjustment readjustment

Etymology

LL. registratio, or F. régistration. See Register, v.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The act of registering; registry; enrollment.
  2. noun The art of selecting and combining the stops or registers of an organ.

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