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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reversible

/ɹəˈvɜː(ɹ)sɪbəl/ adjective, noun

Forms reversibles

  1. adjective Able to be reversed.
  2. adjective (of clothing) Able to be worn inside out.
  3. adjective (chemistry, of a chemical reaction) Capable of proceeding in either direction.
  4. adjective (physics, of a phase change) Capable of returning to the original state.
  5. adjective (thermodynamics) Capable of returning to the original state without consumption of free energy and increase of entropy.
  6. adjective (law) Providing sufficient reason for a court decision to be overturned on appeal.
  7. noun A garment that can be worn inside out.

Synonyms

two-sided

Antonyms

irreversible nonreversible

Etymology

Probably from Middle French, equivalent to reverse + -ible.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Capable of being reversed; as, a chair or seat having a reversible back; a reversible judgment or sentence.
  2. adjective Hence, having a pattern or finished surface on both sides, so that either may be used; --said of fabrics. Reversible lock, a lock that may be applied to a door opening in either direction, or hinged to either jamb.

Etymology [Cf. F. réversible revertible, reversionary.]

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