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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O

UK /əʊ/ · US /oʊ/ noun, numeral, particle, proper noun, adjective

Forms Os O's Oes Oh Oe Au E

  1. noun Something shaped like the letter O.
  2. noun (uncountable) A blood type that lacks A or B antigens and may only receive transfusions of similar type O blood, but may donate to all (neglecting Rh factor). Synonym: universal donor.
  3. numeral The fifteenth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called o and written in the Latin script.
  4. particle The vocative particle, used for direct address.
  5. noun An utterance of the vocative O.
  6. noun (printing) American Library Association abbreviation of octavo, a book size (20-25 cm).
  7. noun (soccer) Someone associated with Leyton Orient Football Club, as a player, coach, supporter etc.
  8. noun (cricket) The number of overs bowled.
  9. noun (slang) Orgasm.
  10. noun (slang, uncountable) Opium.
  11. proper noun A surname from Korean.
  12. proper noun A surname from Mandarin Chinese.
  13. adjective (Singapore, colloquial, used as a modifier after kopi (“coffee”) or teh (“tea”)) With sugar and no condensed milk added.
  14. noun The name of the Latin script letter O/o.
  15. noun A zero (used in reading out numbers). “It is currently two-o-five in the afternoon (2:05 PM).”

Synonyms

big O oxygen atomic number 8 type O group O

Etymology

From Middle English O, o, from Old English o, from Latin o and Ancient Greek ὦ (ô, interjection). Featured prominently in William Tyndale's 1525 translation of the New Testament.

Abbreviation.

Korean 오(伍) (O) or 오(吳) (O). Doublet of Wu.

From Mandarin 鄂 (È) Wade–Giles romanization: O⁴.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective One. [Obs.] Chaucer. "Alle thre but o God." Piers Plowman.
  2. interjection An exclamation used in calling or directly addressing a person or personified object; also, as an emotional or impassioned exclamation expressing pain, grief, surprise, desire, fear, etc. For ever, O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven. Ps. cxix. 89.

Etymology [See One.]

Etymology [corrupted fr. F. O Dieu! or It. O Dio! O God! O Dio mio! O my God! Wyman]

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