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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speaking

UK /ˈspiː.kɪŋ/ · US /ˈspi.kɪŋ/ adjective, noun, interjection

Also a form of speak

Forms speakings

  1. adjective Used in speaking. “one's normal speaking voice”
  2. adjective Expressive; eloquent. “The sight was more speaking than any speech could be.”
  3. adjective Involving speaking. “It was her first speaking part: she screamed.”
  4. adjective Having the ability of speech. “speaking parrot; speaking clock”
  5. adjective (in compounds) Having competence in a language. “The English-speaking gentleman gave us directions.”
  6. noun One's ability to communicate vocally in a given language. “I can read and understand most texts in German, but my speaking is awful.”
  7. noun The act of communicating vocally.
  8. noun A speaking exercise or exam.
  9. noun An oral recitation of e.g. a story.
  10. interjection (telephony) Indication that the person requested is the same as the one who is currently speaking.

Synonyms

speech production public speaking speechmaking oral presentation

Antonyms

unspeaking nonspeaking

Etymology

From Middle English spekinge, spekynge, spekinde, spekende, spekande, spekand, from Old English specende, sprecende (“speaking”), from Proto-Germanic *sprekandz (“speaking”), present participle of Proto-Germanic *sprekaną (“to speak”). Equivalent to speak + -ing. Cognate with Scots speikand, speikin (“speaking”), Saterland Frisian spreekend (“speaking”), West Frisian sprekkend (“speaking”), Dutch sprekend (“speaking”), German Low German sprekend (“speaking”),

From Middle English speking, spekynge, equivalent to speak + -ing.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Uttering speech; used for conveying speech; as, man is a speaking animal; a speaking tube.
  2. adjective Seeming to be capable of speech; hence, lifelike; as, a speaking likeness. A speaking acquaintance, a slight acquaintance with a person, or one which merely permits the exchange of salutations and remarks on indifferent subjects.
  3. noun The act of uttering words.
  4. noun Public declamation; oratory.

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

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “speaking” (best matches first).

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