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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matchmaking

/ˈmæt͡ʃˌmeɪkɪŋ/ noun

Forms matchmakings match-making

  1. noun An attempt to make two people romantically interested in each other, especially an attempt to set up a date between people or to arrange a marriage.
  2. noun (business) A service aiming to bring together sellers and buyers or potential partners.
  3. noun (video games) The act or process of locating suitable players to take part in a multiplayer game session.
  4. noun The manufacture of matches for kindling or burning.

Etymology

From match + making.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The act or process of making matches for kindling or burning.
  2. noun The act or process of trying to bring about a marriage for others.
  3. adjective Busy in making or contriving marriages; as, a matchmaking woman.
  4. adjective Play in which the score is reckoned by counting the holes won or lost by each side; --disting. from medal play.

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