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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studio

UK /ˈstjuːdi.əʊ/ · US /ˈstudi.oʊ/ noun

Forms studios

  1. noun An artist’s or photographer’s workshop or the room in which an artist works. “His studio was cramped when he began as an artist.”
  2. noun An establishment where an art is taught. “As he gained a reputation, he took larger space and took students into his studio,”
  3. noun A place where radio or television programs, records or films are made. “The recording studio had some slight echo, but was good enough to make a demo.”
  4. noun A company or organization that makes films, records or other artistic works. “The studios still make films, but they rely on the strength of their distribution.”
  5. noun A studio apartment. “It’s a lovely little studio with almost a river view.”

Synonyms

studio apartment

Antonyms

location

Etymology

From Italian studio (“room for study”), from Latin studium.
Doublet of study and etude.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The working room of an artist.

Etymology [It. studio, properly, study. See Study.]

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