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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snip

/snɪp/ verb, noun

Forms snips snipping snipped

  1. verb To cut with short sharp actions, as with scissors. “I don't want you to take much hair off; just snip my mullet off.”
  2. verb To reduce the price of a product, to create a snip.
  3. verb To break off; to snatch away.
  4. verb (informal) To circumcise.
  5. verb (informal) To perform a vasectomy.
  6. verb (Internet) To remove the irrelevant parts of quotations in the reply message.
  7. verb To speak or say in a snippish manner.
  8. noun The act of snipping; cutting a small amount off of something.
  9. noun A single cut with scissors, clippers, or similar tool.
  10. noun A small amount of something; a pinch.
  11. noun A piece cut out by snipping.
  12. noun (informal) Something acquired for a low price; a bargain. “That wholesale auction lot was a snip at $10.”
  13. noun (definite, the snip, euphemistic) A vasectomy.
  14. noun (informal) A small or weak person, especially a young one.
  15. noun (Internet) Removal of the irrelevant parts of quotations in the reply message.

Synonyms

snippage snippectomy snipping snippet clip clipping nip nip off snip off crop trim lop dress prune cut back

Etymology

From Dutch snippen (“to snip; shred”) or Low German snippen (“to snip; shred”), of imitative origin. Compare snap.

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To cut off the nip or neb of, or to cut off at once with shears or scissors; to clip off suddenly; to nip; hence, to break off; to snatch away.
  2. noun A single cut, as with shears or scissors; a clip. Shak.
  3. noun A small shred; a bit cut off. Wiseman.

Etymology [D. snippen; akin to G. schnippen.]

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