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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bedding

/ˈbɛdɪŋ/ noun, proper noun

Also a form of bed

Forms beddings

  1. noun The textiles associated with a bed, e.g., sheets, pillowcases, bedspreads, blankets, etc.
  2. noun (UK) The textiles associated with the bed, as well as the mattress, bedframe, or bed base (such as box spring).
  3. noun Any material used by or provided to animals to lie on.
  4. noun (geology) A structure occurring in granite and similar massive rocks that allows them to split in well-defined planes horizontally or parallel to the land surface.
  5. noun (horticulture) The temporary planting of fast-growing plants into flower beds to create colourful, temporary, seasonal displays, during spring, summer or winter.
  6. proper noun A surname.

Synonyms

bedclothes bedlinen bedsheet litter bed clothing bedding material

Etymology

From Middle English bedding, beddyng, from Old English bedding (“bedding”), equivalent to bed + -ing.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A bed and its furniture; the materials of a bed, whether for man or beast; bedclothes; litter.
  2. noun The state or position of beds and layers.

Etymology [AS. bedding, beding. See Bed.]

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