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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chargeable

/ˈt͡ʃɑɹd͡ʒəbəl/ adjective

  1. adjective Able to be charged. “The battery is chargeable by means of this device.”
  2. adjective (of expenses etc.) That may be charged to an account.
  3. adjective (rare) Liable to be accused (either formally or informally).
  4. adjective (of an offense) That one may be legally charged with.
  5. adjective Imputable
  6. adjective (archaic) Expensive.

Synonyms

indictable

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective That may be charged, laid, imposed, or imputes; as, a duty chargeable on iron; a fault chargeable on a man.
  2. adjective Subject to be charge or accused; liable or responsible; as, revenues chargeable with a claim; a man chargeable with murder.

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