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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singleton

/ˈsɪŋ.ɡ(ə)l.tən/ noun, adjective, proper noun

Forms singletons

  1. noun (playing cards) A playing card that is the only one of its suit in a hand, especially at bridge.
  2. noun (playing cards) A hand containing only one card of a certain suit.
  3. noun A single object, especially one of a group.
  4. noun (computing) A class that may not be instantiated more than once, i.e. that implements the singleton design pattern.
  5. noun (mathematics) A set with exactly one element.
  6. noun A child or animal that is born singly, not as a twin or other multiple birth. “singleton preterm birth”
  7. noun A person without a romantic partner.
  8. noun A person without a dissociative identity.
  9. adjective (education) Of a class offered only once within a school year.
  10. proper noun A village and civil parish in Fylde borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD3838).
  11. proper noun A suburb in Great Chart with Singleton parish, Ashford borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ9841).
  12. proper noun A village and civil parish in Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU8713).
  13. proper noun A town and local government area (Singleton Council) north-west of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
  14. proper noun An outer southern suburb of Perth, Western Australia.
  15. proper noun A habitational surname from Old English.

Synonyms

singlet blot

Antonyms

wedder

Etymology

From single + -ton, probably following the model of simpleton.

From Middle English shyngel (“shingle”) + toun (“town”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun In certain games at cards, as whist, a single card of any suit held at the deal by a player; as, to lead a singleton.

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