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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tanker

UK /ˈtæŋkə/ · US /ˈtæŋkɚ/ noun, verb

Forms tankers tankering tankered

  1. noun (nautical) A tankship, a vessel used to transport large quantities of fluid.
  2. noun (automotive, US, UK) A motor truck (lorry) with a tank to hold bulk liquid (with or without internal baffles): a fuel tanker (lorry), petrol tanker, road tanker.
  3. noun (aviation, usually military) An aircraft carrying a large supply of jet fuel or avgas for aerial refueling of other aircraft, plus equipment allowing the in-air transfer of fuel. “Without the KC-46 tankers orbiting in friendly airspace, our fighters would've run out of fuel long before reaching the combat zone.”
  4. noun (aviation, firefighting) An aircraft built or modified to carry water and/or fire retardant for dropping on wildfires. “While our ground teams cut firebreaks in the brush, the tankers kept the fire in the mountains at bay with frequent drops of water and retardant.”
  5. noun (rail transport) A tank car (tank wagon).
  6. noun (military) Member of a tank crew, or of an armoured unit.
  7. noun An airman who serves on the crew of an aerial refueling tanker aircraft.
  8. noun (surfing slang) A longboard. “I swung the tanker around just in time to take off with the lip.”
  9. verb (transitive) To transport (oil, etc.) in a tanker.
  10. verb (aviation) To carry more fuel than necessary for a flight, in order to avoid having to refuel at a destination where fuel is more expensive or in short supply.

Synonyms

tanker truck tank truck air tanker tanker aircraft tankist zipperhead oil tanker oiler tank ship tank driver

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