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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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soufflé

UK /ˈsuːfleɪ/ · US /suːˈfleɪ/ noun, adjective, verb

Forms soufflés souffléing souffléed souffléd

  1. noun A baked dish made from beaten egg whites and various other ingredients, usually prepared and served in a small earthenware bowl (ramekin).
  2. adjective (ceramics) Decorated with very small drops or sprinkles of colour, as if blown from a bellows.
  3. verb (cooking, transitive) To prepare as a soufflé.
  4. verb To whirl around or beat violently.
  5. verb To give a light, airy, and/or fluffy texture to, especially if done by whipping or blowing.
  6. verb To make lighthearted, witty, or whimsical.
  7. verb To puff up or bloat.
  8. noun (medicine) A murmuring or blowing sound. “the uterine souffle heard over the pregnant uterus”

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French soufflé, from souffler (“to puff”).

Borrowed from French souffle.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A murmuring or blowing sound; as, the uterine souffle heard over the pregnant uterus.
  2. noun A side dish served hot from the oven at dinner, made of eggs, milk, and flour or other farinaceous substance, beaten till very light, and flavored with fruits, liquors, or essence.
  3. noun Filled with air by beating, and baked; as, an omelette soufflé.

Etymology [F.]

Etymology [F., fr. soufflé, p.p. of souffler to puff.]

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