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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tinny

/ˈtɪni/ adjective

Forms tinnier tinniest tinnies

  1. adjective Of or pertaining to or resembling tin. “The object had a tinny appearance.”
  2. adjective Pertaining to the thinness and cheapness of tin or similar-looking metals, in contrast to a heavier, more valuable metal. “The shop was filled with tinny tourist geegaws.”
  3. adjective Pertaining to a thin, unpleasant sound recalling that of tin being rapped. “The piano was not simply out of tune, but had become downright tinny.”

Synonyms

bum cheap cheesy chintzy crummy punk sleazy

Etymology

From tin + -y.

From tin + -y (diminutive suffix).

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Pertaining to, abounding with, or resembling, tin. "The tinny strand." Drayton.

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