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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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tippet

/ˈtɪpɪt/ noun, proper noun

Forms tippets

  1. noun A shoulder covering, typically the fur of a fox, with long ends that dangle in front.
  2. noun A stole worn by Anglican ministers or other clergymen.
  3. noun (historical) A piece of mail armor protecting the shoulders and neck; a camail.
  4. noun (Scotland, obsolete) A length of twisted hair or gut in a fishing line.
  5. noun (Scotland, obsolete) A handful of straw bound together at one end, used for thatching.
  6. noun (fishing) In fly fishing, the part of the leader that attaches to the fly.
  7. noun A bird's ruffle.
  8. noun One of the patagia, or pieces at the side of the pronotum of a moth.
  9. proper noun A surname.

Etymology

From Middle English tippet, Old English tæppet, from Latin tapete (“cloth”).

Variant of Tibbett.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A cape, or scarflike garment for covering the neck, or the neck and shoulders, --usually made of fur, cloth, or other warm material.
  2. noun A length of twisted hair or gut in a fish line. [Scot.]

Etymology [OE. tipet, tepet, AS. tæppet, probably fr. L. tapete tapestry, hangings. Cf. Tape, Tapestry, Tapet.]

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