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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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ting

/tɪŋ/ interjection, noun, verb, proper noun

Also a form of ding thing

Forms tings tinging tinged ding

  1. interjection Representing a high-pitched sharp sound like a small bell being struck.
  2. noun A high-pitched sharp sound like a small bell being struck.
  3. verb To make a high-pitched sharp sound like a small bell being struck. “When the microwaved food was ready, the bell tinged.”
  4. noun An ancient Chinese vessel with legs and a lid.
  5. noun (Caribbean, MLE, MTE) thing, person (often referring to an attractive woman or a relation engaged in criminal schemes or disreputable connections).
  6. proper noun A surname from Hokkien or Eastern Min.

Synonyms

tinkle

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

From the Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 鼎 (dǐng) Wade-Giles romanization: ting³.

From thing.

Borrowed from Hokkien 丁 (teng) or Eastern Min 陳 /陈 (dìng).

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A sharp sound, as of a bell; a tinkling.
  2. verb To sound or ring, as a bell; to tinkle. [R.] Holland.
  3. noun The apartment in a Chinese temple where the idol is kept.

Etymology [An imitative word. Cf. Tink.]

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