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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scapular

UK /ˈskapjʊlə/ · US /ˈskæpjəlɚ/ noun, adjective

Forms scapulars

  1. noun (Christianity) A short cloak worn around the shoulders, adopted as part of the uniform of various religious orders, later often with an embroidered image of a saint.
  2. noun (ornithology) One of a special group of feathers which arise from each of the scapular regions and lie along the sides of the back.
  3. noun A bandage passing over the shoulder to support it, or to retain another bandage in place.
  4. noun (Christianity) A devotional object, typically consisting of two rectangular pieces of cloth (often with an embroidered image or text) joined with cloth bands and worn with one piece over the chest and one in the back.
  5. adjective Of or pertaining to the scapula.

Synonyms

scapulary

Etymology

From Middle English scapelar, from Latin scapulāre, from Latin scapula (“shoulder”). Compare scapulary.

From Latin scapulārīs, from scapula + -āris (adjectival suffix). By surface analysis, scapula + -ar.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Of or pertaining to the scapula or the shoulder Scapular arch (Anat.), the pectoral arch. See under pectoral.
  2. noun One of a special group of feathers which arise from each of the scapular regions and lie along the sides of the back.
  3. noun (a) A loose sleeveless vestment falling in front and behind, worn by certain religious orders and devout persons.
  4. noun A bandage passing over the shoulder to support it, or to retain another bandage in place.

Etymology [Cf. F. scapulaire. Cf. Scapulary.]

Etymology [F. scapulaire, LL. scapularium, scapulare, fr. L.scapula shoulder blade.]

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