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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Alexander

UK /ˌalɪɡˈzɑːndə/ · US /ˌælɪɡˈzændɚ/ proper noun, noun

Forms Alexanders

  1. proper noun A male given name from Ancient Greek, most famously held by Alexander the Great.
  2. proper noun A Scottish surname originating as a patronymic, anglicized from Scottish Gaelic Mac Alasdair (“son of Alexander”).
  3. proper noun A city in Pulaski County and Saline County, Arkansas.
  4. proper noun An unincorporated community in Burke County, Georgia; named for early settler Hugh Alexander.
  5. proper noun A minor city in Franklin County, Iowa.
  6. proper noun A minor city in Rush County, Kansas; named for early settler Alexander Harvey.
  7. proper noun A town in Washington County, Maine; named for British politician and financier Alexander Baring, 1st Baron Ashburton.
  8. proper noun A town and village therein, in Genesee County, New York; named for early settler Alexander Rea.
  9. noun A cocktail made of cognac or gin, white crème de cacao, and light cream.
  10. noun Any member of the genus Zizia of North American flowering plants.

Synonyms

Alexanders black lovage horse parsley Smyrnium olusatrum Alexander the Great

Etymology

From Middle English Alexander, Alexandre, from Latin Alexander, from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros), from ἀλέξω (aléxō, “to defend”) + ἀνδρ- (andr-), the stem of ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”). Doublet of Alastair, Alejandro, Iskandar, Sikandar, Alessandro, and Alexandre.

Unknown. Apparently from either the given name or the surname Alexander, but the connection is unclear. Attested since the early 20th century.

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