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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garnish

/ˈɡɑːnɪʃ/ verb, noun, proper noun

Forms garnishes garnishing garnished

  1. verb To decorate with ornaments; to adorn; to embellish.
  2. verb (cooking) To ornament with something placed around it. “a dish garnished with a sprig/spray of parsley”
  3. verb (archaic) To furnish; to supply.
  4. verb (slang, archaic) To fit with fetters; to fetter.
  5. verb (law) To warn by garnishment; to give notice to.
  6. verb (law) To have (money) set aside by court order (particularly for the payment of alleged debts); to garnishee.
  7. noun A set of dishes, often pewter, containing a dozen pieces of several types.
  8. noun Pewter vessels in general.
  9. noun Something added for embellishment.
  10. noun Clothes; garments, especially when showy or decorative.
  11. noun (cooking) Something set round or upon a dish as an embellishment.
  12. noun (slang, obsolete) Fetters.
  13. noun (slang, historical, uncountable) A fee; specifically, in English jails, formerly an unauthorized fee demanded from a newcomer by the older prisoners.
  14. noun (US, slang) Cash.
  15. proper noun A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Synonyms

decoration ornament garnishee trim dress

Etymology

From Middle English garnysshen, from Old French garniss-, stem of certain forms of the verb garnir, guarnir, warnir (“to provide, furnish, avert, defend, warn, fortify, garnish”), from a conflation of Old Frankish *warnijan (“to refuse, deny”) and *warnōn (“warn, protect, prepare, beware, guard oneself”), from Proto-Germanic *warnijaną (“to worry, care, heed”) and Proto-Germanic *warnōną (“to warn”); both from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to defend, protect, cover”). Cognate with Old English wiernan (“to withhold, be sparing of, deny, refuse, reject, decline, forbid, prevent from, avert”) and warnian (“to warn, caution, take warning, take heed, guard oneself against, deny”). More at warn.

Etymology unknown.

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To decorate with ornamental appendages; to set off; to adorn; to embellish.
  2. verb To ornament, as a dish, with something laid about it; as, a dish garnished with parsley.
  3. noun Something added for embellishment; decoration; ornament; also, dress; garments, especially such as are showy or decorated.
  4. noun Something set round or upon a dish as an embellishment. See Garnish, v. t., 2. Smart.

Etymology [OE. garnischen, garnissen, OF. garnir to provide, strengthen, prepare, garnish, warn, F. garnir to provide, furnish, garnish, -- of German origin; cf. OHG. warnon to provide, equip; akin to G. wahren to watch, E. aware, ware, wary, and cf. also E. warn. See Wary, -ish, and cf. Garment, Garrison.]

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