Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings
Vowels
| iː | see | ɪ | sit | e / ɛ | bed | æ | cat |
| ɑː | father | ɒ | hot (UK) | ɔː | law | ʊ | put |
| uː | too | ʌ | cup | ɜː | bird | ə | about |
| eɪ | day | aɪ | my | ɔɪ | boy | aʊ | now |
| əʊ / oʊ | go (UK / US) | ɪə | near | eə | hair | ʊə | tour |
Consonants that look unusual
| θ | thin | ð | this | ʃ | she | ʒ | measure |
| tʃ | church | dʒ | judge | ŋ | sing | j | yes |
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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Results for “Rom.”
- aberrate verb(intransitive) To go astray; to diverge; to deviate (from); deviate from.
- abhor verb(transitive) To regard (someone or something) as horrifying or detestable; to feel great repugnance toward.
- able adjective, verb, noun, proper nounHaving the necessary powers or the needed resources to accomplish a task.
- abridge verb, proper noun(transitive, archaic) To deprive; to cut off.
- abscond verb(intransitive) To flee, often secretly; to steal away.
- adrenal adjective, nounPertaining to the adrenal glands (suprarenal glands), their secretions, or the function derived therefrom.
- angstrom unit noun(physics) Alternative form of angstrom.
- aphorise verb(transitive) To create an aphorism from.
- arc noun, verb, proper noun, adjective(astronomy) That part of a circle which a heavenly body appears to pass through as it moves above and below the horizon.
- avoid verb(transitive) To try not to meet or communicate with (a person); to shun.
- bark verb, noun, interjection, proper noun(intransitive) To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs (said of animals, especially dogs).
- billboard noun, verb, proper nounA very large outdoor sign, generally used for advertising.
- billiard noun, numeralA shot in billiards or snooker in which the cue ball strikes two other balls; a carom.
- bleed verb, noun(intransitive, of a person, animal or body part) To shed blood through an injured blood vessel.
- bless verb, interjection, proper nounTo make something holy by religious rite, sanctify.
- blur verb, noun, adjectiveTo make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim.
- bone noun, adjective, verb, adverb, proper noun(uncountable) A composite material consisting largely of calcium phosphate and collagen and making up the skeleton of most vertebrates.
- brattice noun, verb(mining) A partition in a coal mine, made from wood or from canvas sheeting coated in tar.
- breast drill nounA hand-cranked drill that is braced against the breast (chest) and whose axial feed can be provided by pushing or leaning therefrom.
- bus noun, verb(automotive) A motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of people along roads.
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- cantle noun, verb(obsolete) A splinter, slice, or sliver broken off something.
- catty-corner adverb, adjective(US, Canada) Synonym of cater-corner: diagonally across from.
- cheese noun, verb, interjection, proper noun(uncountable) A dairy product made from curdled or cultured milk.
- chip noun, verb, proper nounA small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material.
- chunk noun, verbA part of something that has been separated; a generally squat, thick, irregular piece of something, e.g. wood or stone.
- clean out verb(transitive) To clean, especially to tidy by removing the contents.
- clear adjective, adverb, verb, nounTransparent in colour.
- come out verbUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, out.
- come to verb(intransitive, idiomatic) To recover consciousness after fainting etc.
- confess verb(intransitive, transitive) To admit to the truth, particularly in the context of sins or crimes committed.
- correct adjective, adverb, interjection, noun, verbFree from error; true; accurate.
- court noun, verb, proper nounAn enclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different buildings; also, a space opening from…
- crockery nounCrocks or earthenware vessels, especially domestic utensils, collectively.
- dais nounA raised platform in a room for a high table, a seat of honour, a throne, or other dignified occupancy, such as ancestral statues; a simila…
- debone verb(ambitransitive) To remove the bones from.
- declaw verb(transitive, veterinary medicine) To surgically remove the claws of (an animal); to perform onychectomy on.
- decolorize verb(US, transitive) To remove the color from.
- decolourize verb(transitive, intransitive) To drain of colour, to remove the colour from.
- defog verb(transitive) To remove the moisture or fog from.