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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suffrage

/ˈsʌfɹɪd͡ʒ/ noun

Forms suffrages

  1. noun (uncountable) The right or chance to vote, express an opinion, or participate in a decision, especially in a democratic election. “universal suffrage, women's suffrage, negro suffrage”
  2. noun (US) The right of women to vote.
  3. noun (countable) A vote in deciding a particular question.
  4. noun (countable, Christianity) A prayer, for example a prayer offered for the faithful dead.
  5. noun (countable, Christianity) A short petition, as those after the creed in matins and evensong.
  6. noun (uncountable) Aid, intercession.
  7. noun Testimony; attestation; witness; approval.

Synonyms

franchise vote right to vote

Etymology

From Middle English suffrage (“prayers or pleas on behalf of another”), from Middle French suffrage (from Old French suffrage) and its etymon Classical Latin suffrāgium (“support, vote, right of voting”). Not related to suffer.
The sense of "vote" or "right to vote" was directly derived from Classical Latin.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A vote given in deciding a controverted question, or in the choice of a man for an office or trust; the formal expression of an opinion; assent; vote.
  2. noun Testimony; attestation; witness; approval.
  3. verb To vote for; to elect. [Obs.] Milton.

Etymology [F., fr. L. suffragium; perhaps originally, a broken piece, a potsherd, used in voting, and fr. sub under + the root of frangere to break. See Break.]

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