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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“flyers” is a form of

flyer

/ˈflaɪə(ɹ)/ noun, verb

Also a form of fly

Forms flyers flyering flyered flier

  1. noun That which flies, as a bird or insect.
  2. noun A machine that flies.
  3. noun (dated) An airplane pilot.
  4. noun A person who travels by airplane.
  5. noun A leaflet, often for advertising.
  6. noun The part of a spinning machine that twists the thread as it takes it to and winds it on the bobbin
  7. noun (architecture) An arch that connects a flying buttress into the structure it supports.
  8. noun (acrobatics, cheerleading, synchronized swimming) A person who is lifted and/or thrown by another person or persons.
  9. verb (intransitive) To distribute flyers (leaflets).
  10. verb (transitive) To distribute flyers in (a location) or to (recipients).

Synonyms

aviator aviatrix circular leaflet flying cymbal handbill bill broadside broadsheet flier throwaway aeronaut airman

Etymology

From fly + -er (agent noun suffix).
With regard to the sense "female kangaroo": because of the high speed at which they move.

From fly + -er (comparative suffix).

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun One that uses wings.
  2. noun The fly of a flag: See Fly, n., 6.

Etymology [See Flier.]

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