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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rumor

UK /ˈɹuːmə/ · US /ˈɹumɚ/ noun, verb

Forms rumors rumoring rumored rumour

  1. noun (countable) A statement or claim of questionable accuracy, from no known reliable source, usually spread by word of mouth. “There's a rumor going round that he's going to get married.”
  2. noun (uncountable) Information or misinformation of the kind contained in such claims. “They say he used to be a thief, but that's just rumor.”
  3. noun (uncountable, archaic) Report, news, information in general.
  4. noun (uncountable, obsolete) Fame, reputation.
  5. noun (uncountable, obsolete) Clamor, din, outcry.
  6. verb (transitive, usually used in the passive voice) To tell a rumor about; to gossip. “John is rumored to be next in line for a promotion.”

Synonyms

word gossip hearsay talk tittle-tattle noise bruit buzz tidbit fame moot on dit sough muttering tale word on the street word on the wire whisper whispering rumour

Etymology

From Middle English rumour, from Old French rumeur, from Latin rūmor (“common talk”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rewH- (“to shout, to roar”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A flying or popular report; the common talk; hence, public fame; notoriety.
  2. noun A current story passing from one person to another, without any known authority for its truth; --in this sense often personified.
  3. verb To report by rumor; to tell.

Etymology [F. rumeur, L. rumor; cf. rumificare, rumitare to rumor, Skr. ru to cry.]

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