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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debut

UK /ˈdɛbjuː/ · US /deɪˈbjuː/ noun, verb

Forms debuts debuting debuted

  1. noun A performer's first performance to the public, in sport, the arts or some other area.
  2. noun (also attributive) The first public presentation of a theatrical play, motion picture, opera, musical composition, dance, or other performing arts piece. “Since making its debut two years ago, the program has gained cult status.”
  3. noun The first appearance of a debutante in society.
  4. noun (Philippines) The coming-of-age celebration of a woman's eighteenth birthday.
  5. verb (transitive, chiefly US) To formally introduce, as to the public. “Amalgamated Software Systems debuted release 3.2 in Spring of 2004.”
  6. verb (intransitive) To make one's initial formal appearance. “Release 3.2 debuted to mixed reviews in Spring of 2004.”

Synonyms

introduction first appearance launching unveiling entry

Etymology

Borrowed from French début, from Middle French, derivative of débuter (“to move, begin”), from dé- + but (“mark, goal”), from Old French but (“aim, goal, end, target”), from Old French butte (“mound, knoll, target”), from Frankish *but (“stump, log”), or from Old Norse bútr (“log, stump, butt”); both from Proto-Germanic *butą (“end, piece”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewd- (“to beat, push”). Cognate with Old English butt (“tree stump”). More at butt. The Philippine sense is influenced by Spanish debut.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A beginning or first attempt; hence, a first appearance before the public, as of an actor or public speaker.

Etymology [F. début, prop., the first cast or throw at play, fr. but aim, mark. See Butt an end.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “debut”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details