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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stringer

UK /stɹɪŋə/ · US /stɹɪŋɚ/ noun, proper noun

Forms stringers

  1. noun Someone who threads something; one who makes or provides strings, especially for bows.
  2. noun Someone who strings someone along.
  3. noun A horizontal timber that supports upright posts, or supports the hull of a vessel.
  4. noun (carpentry) The side rail supporting the rungs of a ladder or the steps of a flight of stairs.
  5. noun A small screw-hook to which piano strings are sometimes attached.
  6. noun (journalism) A freelance correspondent not on the regular newspaper staff, especially one retained on a part-time basis to report on events in a particular place.
  7. noun (sports) A person who plays on a particular string.
  8. noun (surfing) Wooden strip running lengthwise down the centre of a surfboard, for strength.
  9. proper noun A surname originating as an occupation for a stringer.
  10. proper noun An unincorporated community in Jasper County, Mississippi, United States, named after a postmaster.

Synonyms

string stringboard stringpiece stile rail

Etymology

From string + -er.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun One who strings; one who makes or provides strings, especially for bows.
  2. noun A libertine; a wencher. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

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

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “stringer” (best matches first).