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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stipple

/ˈstɪpəl/ noun, verb

Forms stipples stippling stippled

  1. noun (painting) The use of small dots that give the appearance of shading; the dots thus used.
  2. verb (transitive) To use small dots to give the appearance of shading to.

Synonyms

speckle

Etymology

Probably from Dutch stippel (“small dot”), originally applied to the dots themselves and later to the technique.

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To engrave by means of dots, in distinction from engraving in lines.
  2. verb To paint, as in water colors, by small, short touches which together produce an even or softly graded surface.
  3. noun A mode of execution which produces the effect by dots or small points instead of lines.
  4. noun A mode of execution in which a flat or even tint is produced by many small touches.

Etymology [D. stippelen to make points, to spot, dot, from stippel, dim. of stip a dot, spot.]

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