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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signatory

/ˈsɪɡ.nə.tɔː.ɹi/ noun, adjective

Forms signatories

  1. noun One who signs or has signed something. “John Hancock is famous for being the first signatory to the American Declaration of Independence, and for writing his name large.”
  2. adjective Relating to a seal; used in sealing.
  3. adjective Signing; joining or sharing in a signature.

Synonyms

signator signer undersigned subscriber

Etymology

From Latin signatorius.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Relating to a seal; used in sealing. [Obs.] Bailey.
  2. adjective Signing; joining or sharing in a signature; as, signatory powers.
  3. noun A signer; one who signs or subscribes; as, a conference of signatories.

Etymology [L. signatorius.]

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