Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings
Vowels
| iː | see | ɪ | sit | e / ɛ | bed | æ | cat |
| ɑː | father | ɒ | hot (UK) | ɔː | law | ʊ | put |
| uː | too | ʌ | cup | ɜː | bird | ə | about |
| eɪ | day | aɪ | my | ɔɪ | boy | aʊ | now |
| əʊ / oʊ | go (UK / US) | ɪə | near | eə | hair | ʊə | tour |
Consonants that look unusual
| θ | thin | ð | this | ʃ | she | ʒ | measure |
| tʃ | church | dʒ | judge | ŋ | sing | j | yes |
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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Results for “lassi”
- lassie noun, proper noun(chiefly Scotland, Northern England, Geordie, Northumbria) A young girl, a lass, especially one seen as a sweetheart.
- lassitude nounLethargy or lack of energy; fatigue, languor, listlessness
- classic adjective, nounOf or relating to the first class or rank, especially in literature or art.
- classics nounSynonym of classical studies: the study of Ancient Greek and Latin, their literature, history etc.
- classify verbto identify by or divide into classes; to categorize
- classical adjective, nounOf or relating to the first class or rank, especially in literature or art.
- thalassic adjectiveof or relating to seas and oceans
- classicise verbAlternative spelling of classicize.
- classicism noun(uncountable) All the classical traditions of the art and architecture of ancient Greece and Rome, especially the aspects of simplicity, el…
- classicist nounA classical scholar, especially one who studies ancient Greek and Latin language and culture.
- classicize verbTo make classic.
- classified adjective, nounSorted into classes or categories.
- classifier nounSomeone who classifies.
- declassify verbto remove the classification from; to lift the restrictions on
- neoclassic adjectiveneoclassical
- reclassify verb(transitive) To classify again; to give a new classification to.
- classically adverbIn a classical manner; according to the manner of classical authors.
- classicalism nounclassicism
- classicistic adjectiveOf or pertaining to classicism.
- classifiable adjectiveAble to be classified.
- declassified verbsimple past and past participle of declassify
- neoclassical adjectiveOf or pertaining to a style of architecture based on classical models, especially such a style of the 18th century.
- nonclassical adjectiveNot classical.
- unclassified adjectiveNot classified.
- classified ad noun(informal) classified advertisement
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- neoclassicist nouna follower of neoclassicism
- classification nounThe act of forming into a class or classes; a distribution into groups, as classes, orders, families, etc., according to some common relati…
- classificatory adjectiveServing to classify.
- unclassifiable adjectiveIncapable of being classified.
- Classical Greek nounThe form of the Ancient Greek language used during the classical period of Greek literature: approximately 600 to 300 BCE.
- Classical Latin proper nounThe Latin language as spoken and written in formal speeches, literature, the arts, etc., by the ancient Romans.
- classical music noun(music) Music of the classical period; the music of Mozart, Haydn, etc; the musical period before the romantic.
- locus classicus nounAn authoritative passage from a standard work that is often quoted as an illustration; a classic case or example.
- neoclassicistic adjectiverelating to or advocating neoclassicism
- declassification nounThe process of declassifying.
- reclassification nounThe act of reclassifying; a second or subsequent classification.
- classical mechanics noun(physics) All of the physical laws of nature that account for the behaviour of the normal world, but break down when dealing with the very …
- cross-classification nounclassification according to more than one attribute at the same time
- classical conditioning noun(psychology) A learning process in which a previously neutral stimulus (such as a bell) is paired with a potent stimulus (such as food in t…
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