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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banner

UK /ˈbænə/ · US /ˈbænɚ/ noun, adjective, verb, proper noun

Forms banners bannering bannered

  1. noun A flag or standard used by a military commander, monarch or nation.
  2. noun (by extension) The military unit under such a flag or standard.
  3. noun (by extension) A military or administrative subdivision.
  4. noun Any large sign, especially when made of soft material or fabric. “The mayor hung a banner across Main Street to commemorate the town's 100th anniversary.”
  5. noun A large piece of cloth with a slogan, motto, or emblem carried in a demonstration or other procession or suspended in some conspicuous place.
  6. noun (by extension, figurative) A cause or purpose; a campaign or movement. “They usually make their case under the banner of environmentalism.”
  7. noun (journalism) The title of a newspaper as printed on its front page; the nameplate; masthead.
  8. noun (Internet, television) A type of advertisement on a web page or on television, usually taking the form of a graphic or animation above or alongside the content.
  9. adjective Exceptional; very good.
  10. verb (transitive) To adorn with a banner.
  11. verb (transitive, journalism) To display as a banner headline.
  12. noun One who bans something.
  13. proper noun A surname originating as an occupation for a standard-bearer.

Synonyms

streamer standard

Etymology

From Middle English baner, from Old French baniere (Modern bannière), of Germanic origin. More at band.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A kind of flag attached to a spear or pike by a crosspiece, and used by a chief as his standard in battle.
  2. noun A large piece of silk or other cloth, with a device or motto, extended on a crosspiece, and borne in a procession, or suspended in some conspicuous place.

Etymology [OE. banere, OF. baniere, F. bannière, bandière, fr. LL. baniera, banderia, fr. bandum banner, fr. OHG. bant band, strip of cloth; cf. bindan to bind, Goth. bandwa, bandwo, a sign. See Band, n.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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