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.

English Dictionary · 107,383 entries · Sources & licences

banker

/ˈbæŋkəː/ noun, proper noun

Forms bankers

  1. noun One who conducts the business of banking; one who, individually, or as a member of a company, keeps an establishment for the deposit or loan of money, or for traffic in money, bills of exchange, etc.
  2. noun The dealer in a casino, or one who keeps the bank in a banking game.
  3. noun (obsolete) A money changer.
  4. noun The stone bench on which a mason cuts or squares his work.
  5. noun (stationery) A type of envelope with a diamond shape or V-flap that opens on the long edge.
  6. noun A vessel employed in the cod fishery on the banks of Newfoundland.
  7. noun (UK, dialect) A ditcher; a drain digger.
  8. noun (mining) Synonym of browman.
  9. noun (Australia, colloquial) A watercourse filled from bank to bank.
  10. noun (gambling) A bet that is almost certain to succeed.
  11. noun (by extension) A very safe option.
  12. noun (rail transport, UK, Australia) A railway locomotive that can be attached to the rear of a train to assist it in climbing an incline.
  13. noun A native or resident of the Outer Banks of North Carolina.
  14. noun A Banker horse, a feral horse from the islands of North Carolina's Outer Banks.
  15. proper noun A barangay of Kabasalan, Zamboanga Sibugay, Philippines.

Synonyms

banker's envelope invitation envelope browman sure thing bank engine banking engine helper helper engine Outer Banker

Etymology

From bank + -er, after French banquier.

From bank (“an elevation, or rising ground”) + -er (relational noun suffix) or + -er (occupational suffix).

From bank on + -er.

From bank (“an incline or hill”) + -er.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun One who conducts the business of banking; one who, individually, or as a member of a company, keeps an establishment for the deposit or loan of money, or for traffic in money, bills of exchange, etc.
  2. noun A money changer. [Obs.]

Etymology [See the nouns Bank and the verbs derived from them.]

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