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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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spencer

UK /ˈspɛnsə/ · US /ˈspɛnsɚ/ noun, proper noun

Also a form of Spenser

Forms spencers Spenser

  1. noun (historical) A short double-breasted men's overcoat worn in the 18th and 19th centuries.
  2. noun (historical) A short, close-fitting jacket primarily worn by women and children in the early 19th century.
  3. noun (historical) A (usually woollen) vest worn by women and girls for extra warmth.
  4. noun A large loose-fitted gaffsail on a square-rigger or barque, used from the nineteenth century onwards.
  5. proper noun (countable) An English surname originating as an occupation.
  6. proper noun A male given name transferred from the surname, of general 19th century and later usage.
  7. proper noun A female given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.
  8. proper noun A suburb of Central Coast, New South Wales, Australia; probably named for British politician George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer.
  9. proper noun A hamlet in Clark County, Idaho.
  10. proper noun A town, the county seat of Owen County, Indiana; named for Indiana militia officer Spier Spencer.
  11. proper noun A city, the county seat of Clay County, Iowa.
  12. proper noun A town in Worcester County, Massachusetts; named for Massachusetts governor Spencer Phips.

Synonyms

Spenser Herbert Spencer

Etymology

From the family name Spencer. The jacket is probably named after George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer (1758-1834).

An occupational surname from Middle English Spenser, Spencer, Spensier, from the common noun spenser (“spencer”), denoting someone who works in a spense (“spence”), or as a butler or steward.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun One who has the care of the spence, or buttery. [Obs.]
  2. noun A short jacket worn by men and by women. Ld. Lutton.
  3. noun A fore-and-aft sail, abaft the foremast or the mainmast, hoisted upon a small supplementary mast and set with a gaff and no boom; a trysail carried at the foremast or mainmast; --named after its inventor, Knight Spencer, of England [1802]. Spencer mast, a small mast just abaft the foremast or mainmast, for hoisting the spencer. R. H. Dana, Jr.

Etymology [OF. despensier. See Spence, and cf. Dispenser.]

Etymology [From the third Earl Spencer, who first wore it, or brought it into fashion.]

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