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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solidarity

UK /ˌsɒl.ɪˈdæɹ.ə.ti/ · US /ˌsɑ.ləˈdæɹ.ə.ti/ noun, proper noun

Forms solidarities

  1. noun A bond of unity or agreement between individuals, united around a common goal or against a common enemy, such as the unifying principle that defines the labor movement; mutual support within a group. “A long time union member himself, Phil showed solidarity with the picketing grocery store workers by shopping at a competing, unionized store.”
  2. noun (uncountable) Willingness to support another person in a difficult position or needs affection. “Only the solidarity provided by her siblings allowed Margaret to cope with her mother's harrowing death.”
  3. proper noun (historical) A political movement begun in the labor unions of Poland that contributed to the fall of Communism in that country.

Etymology

By surface analysis, from English solidary + -ity, or from French solidarité (“solidarity”), from solidaire (“characterized by solidarity”), from Latin solidum (“whole sum”), neuter of solidus (“solid”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun An entire union or consolidation of interests and responsibilities; fellowship; community.

Etymology [F. solidarité, fr. solide. See Solid.]

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