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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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ceremony

UK /ˈsɛɹ.ɪ.mə.ni/ · US /ˈsɛɹ.əˌmoʊ.ni/ noun

Forms ceremonies ceremonys caeremony cæremony caerimony cærimony ceremoney cerimony cerimoney

  1. noun A ritual, with religious or cultural significance.
  2. noun An official gathering to celebrate, commemorate, or otherwise mark some event. “a graduation ceremony, an opening ceremony”
  3. noun A wedding ceremony; a marriage.
  4. noun (uncountable) A formal socially established behaviour, often in relation to people of different ranks; formality.
  5. noun (uncountable) Show of magnificence, display, ostentation.
  6. noun (obsolete) An accessory or object associated with a ritual.
  7. noun (obsolete) An omen or portent.

Synonyms

ceremonial ceremonial occasion observance

Etymology

From Middle English cerymonye, from Latin caerimonia or caeremonia, later often cerimonia (“sacredness, reverence, a sacred rite”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun Ar act or series of acts, often of a symbolical character, prescribed by law, custom, or authority, in the conduct of important matters, as in the performance of religious duties, the transaction of affairs of state, and the celebration of notable events; as, the ceremony of crowning a sovereign; the ceremonies observed in consecrating a church; marriage and baptismal ceremonies.
  2. noun Behavior regulated by strict etiquette; a formal method of performing acts of civility; forms of civility prescribed by custom or authority.

Etymology [F. cérémonie, L. caerimonia; perh. akin to E. create and from a root signifying to do or make.]

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

Sanskrit

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