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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takeout

/ˈteɪkaʊt/ adjective, noun

Forms takeouts take-out

  1. adjective (Canada, US) (Of food) intended to be eaten off the premises from which it was bought.
  2. noun (Canada, US, Philippines) Food purchased from a takeaway.
  3. noun (countable, Canada, US, informal, rare) Synonym of takeaway (“a restaurant that sells food to be eaten elsewhere”).
  4. noun (countable, curling) A stone that hits another stone, removing it from play, a takeout shot.
  5. noun (countable, bridge) A double of an opponent's bid, intended to invite one's partner to compete in the auction, rather than to penalise one's opponents.
  6. noun (countable, television) A detailed news segment.
  7. noun (countable) A designated point for canoes, rafts, etc. to be removed from the water after use.

Synonyms

takeaway carryout to go takeaways grab and go takeout food take-away

Etymology

Deverbal from take out.

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 — from the Wiktionary entry “takeout”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details