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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Cyprus

/ˈsaɪ.pɹəs/ proper noun, noun

Forms cypres cypress

  1. proper noun An island and country in the Mediterranean Sea, normally considered politically part of Europe but geographically part of West Asia. Official name: Republic of Cyprus. Capital: Nicosia.
  2. proper noun A suburban area of Beckton, borough of Newham, Greater London, England, named after the Mediterranean island (OS grid ref TQ4380).
  3. noun (historical, textiles) A thin, translucent, usually black fabric, a kind of crape.

Synonyms

Republic of Cyprus

Etymology

From Latin Cyprus, from Ancient Greek Κύπρος (Kúpros).

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A thin, transparent stuff, the same as, or corresponding to, crape. It was either white or black, the latter being most common, and used for mourning. [Obs.]

Etymology [OE. cipres, cypirs; perh. so named as being first manufactured in Cyprus. Cf. Cipers.]

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