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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cornet

UK /ˈkɔːnɪt/ · US /kɔɹˈnɛt/ noun

Forms cornets

  1. noun A musical instrument of the brass family, slightly smaller than a trumpet, usually in the musical key of B-flat.
  2. noun A piece of paper twisted to be used as a container.
  3. noun An ice cream cone (the shell itself).
  4. noun (UK, dated, by extension) An ice cream cone (the unit comprising the shell and the ice cream).
  5. noun (obsolete) A troop of cavalry; so called from its being accompanied by a cornet player.
  6. noun (music) A kind of organ stop.
  7. noun (botany) A hollow horn-like growth.
  8. noun The white headdress worn by the Sisters of Charity.
  9. noun (obsolete) The standard flown by a cavalry troop.
  10. noun (historical) The fifth commissioned officer in a cavalry troop, who carried the colours (equivalent to the ensign in infantry).

Synonyms

cornet-à-piston cornet-à-pistons horn trumpet trump

Etymology

From Middle English cornet, from Old French cornet, a diminutive of a popular reflex of Latin cornū (“horn”).

From Middle French cornette, diminutive of corne, from Latin cornua (“horns”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun (a) An obsolete rude reed instrument (Ger. Zinken), of the oboe family. (b) A brass instrument, with cupped mouthpiece, and furnished with valves or pistons, now used in bands, and, in place of the trumpet, in orchestras. See Cornet-à-piston. (c) A certain organ stop or register.
  2. noun A cap of paper twisted at the end, used by retailers to inclose small wares. Cotgrave.

Etymology [F. cornet, m. (for senses 1 & 2), cornette, f. & m. (for senses 3 & 4), dim. of corne horn, L. cornu. See Horn.]

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