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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freshwater

/ˈfɹɛʃˌwɔːtə(ɹ)/ adjective, noun, proper noun

Forms freshwaters

  1. adjective Living in fresh water. “The trout is a freshwater fish.”
  2. adjective Consisting of fresh water. “Lake Baikal is the world's largest freshwater lake in terms of volume.”
  3. adjective (nautical) Unskilled as a seaman.
  4. adjective (US, economics) Neoclassical, in reference to the macroeconomics and economic departments near the Great Lakes.
  5. noun (countable) A body of fresh water.
  6. proper noun A large village and civil parish in the west of the Isle of Wight, England (OS grid ref SZ3387).
  7. proper noun A settlement on Bell Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
  8. proper noun A designated place at Conception Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador.
  9. proper noun A neighbourhood of Placentia, Newfoundland and Labrador.
  10. proper noun An unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California, United States.
  11. proper noun An unincorporated community in Nelson County, Virginia, United States.
  12. proper noun A northern suburb of Sydney in Northern Beaches council area, New South Wales, Australia.
  13. proper noun A suburb of Cairns in Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia.

Synonyms

sweetwater fresh water

Etymology

From Middle English freche watur, fresshe water; equivalent to fresh + water.

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