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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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necker

noun, proper noun

Forms neckers

  1. noun (slang) Someone who kisses primarily in the neck; a neck kisser.
  2. noun (especially in compounds) Someone or something with a certain type of neck.
  3. noun A scarf that is worn looped or tied around the neck.
  4. proper noun (countable) A surname from French.
  5. proper noun A small island of the Hawaiian Islands, Hawaii, United States, named after Jacques Necker; in full, Necker Island.
  6. proper noun An island of the British Virgin Islands, United Kingdom in the West Indies, Caribbean, Atlantic Ocean, named after Jonathan de Neckere; in full, Necker Island.
  7. proper noun A surname from German.

Synonyms

Necker Island Mokumanamana

Etymology

From neck + -er, from the verb.

From neck + -er, from the noun.

Clipping of neckerchief.

From French Necker, from German Necker.

Sources: Wiktionary — from the Wiktionary entry “necker”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details