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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bayonet

UK /ˈbeɪənɪt/ · US /ˌbeɪəˈnɛt/ noun, verb

Forms bayonets bayoneting bayonetting bayoneted bayonetted

  1. noun (military) A blade mounted to the end of a long gun, originally with a handle inserted into the bore, now usually attached underbarrel.
  2. noun (engineering) A pin which plays in and out of holes made to receive it, and which thus serves to engage or disengage parts of the machinery.
  3. verb (transitive) To stab with a bayonet.
  4. verb (transitive) To compel or drive by the bayonet.

Etymology

Borrowed from French baïonnette, named after the French town of Bayonne, where the plug bayonet was invented.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A pointed instrument of the dagger kind fitted on the muzzle of a musket or rifle, so as to give the soldier increased means of offense and defense.
  2. noun A pin which plays in and out of holes made to receive it, and which thus serves to engage or disengage parts of the machinery.
  3. verb To stab with a bayonet.
  4. verb To compel or drive by the bayonet.

Etymology [F. bayonnette, baïonnette; -- so called, it is said, because the first bayonets were made at Bayonne.]

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