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.

English Dictionary · 107,383 entries · Sources & licences

creeper

/ˈkɹipɚ/ noun

Forms creepers

  1. noun A person or a thing that crawls or creeps.
  2. noun Any creeping animal (such as a serpent), reptile.
  3. noun (often in the plural) A one-piece garment for infants designed to facilitate access to the wearer's diaper.
  4. noun A device which allows a small child to safely roam around a room from a seated or standing position.
  5. noun A metal plate with spikes, designed to be worn with shoes to prevent slipping.
  6. noun A spur-like device strapped to the boot to facilitate climbing.
  7. noun (chiefly in the plural) A small low iron, or dog, between the andirons.
  8. noun An instrument with iron hooks or claws for dredging up items from a well or other water.

Synonyms

crawler babygro creepers diaper shirt infant bodysuit onesie snapsuit climber creeper gear creeper shift cradle creep creepazoid creepoid tree creeper

Etymology

From Middle English crepere, from Old English crēopere, equivalent to creep + -er. Slang usage derived from phrase give the creeps or creep out (distinct from merely one who creeps).

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun One who, or that which, creeps; any creeping thing.
  2. noun A plant that clings by rootlets, or by tendrils, to the ground, or to trees, etc.; as, the Virginia creeper (Ampelopsis quinquefolia).

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

Sanskrit

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