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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trademark

UK /ˈtɹeɪdmɑːk/ · US /ˈtɹeɪdmɑɹk/ noun, verb, adjective

Forms trademarks trademarking trademarked trade mark trade-mark

  1. noun A word, symbol, or phrase used to identify a particular company's product and differentiate it from other companies' products.
  2. noun Especially, such a term that is registered with a government agency so as to have legal protection against use by other companies.
  3. noun Any proprietary business, product or service name.
  4. noun The aspect for which someone or something is best known; a hallmark or typical characteristic.
  5. verb (transitive, proscribed) To register something as a trademark.
  6. verb (transitive, proscribed) To so label a product.
  7. adjective (informal) Distinctive, characteristic, signature.

Synonyms

hallmark earmark stylemark brand brandmark

Antonyms

generic name description

Etymology

From trade + mark.

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