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.

English Dictionary · 107,383 entries · Sources & licences

bedroom

UK /ˈbɛdɹuːm/ · US /ˈbɛdˌɹum/ noun

Forms bedrooms bed room bed-room

  1. noun A room in a house, apartment, hotel, or other dwelling where a bed is kept for sleeping. “Please don't enter my bedroom without knocking.”
  2. noun (euphemistic) The location of sexual activity. “"How are things in the bedroom?" asked the marriage therapist.”
  3. noun (obsolete) The room atop of a bed suitable for sleeping on.

Synonyms

bedchamber sleeping quarters sleeping room sleeping accommodation chamber

Etymology

From bed + room.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A room or apartment intended or used for a bed; a lodging room.
  2. noun Room in a bed.

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

Sanskrit

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