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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sizzle

/ˈsɪzəl/ verb, noun

Forms sizzles sizzling sizzled

  1. verb (intransitive) To make the sound of water boiling on a hot surface. “The sausages were sizzling on the barbecue.”
  2. verb (transitive, informal) To cook (something) in a manner which causes that sound. “I sizzled the bacon for a few minutes in the pan.”
  3. verb (intransitive) To be exciting or dazzling. “The song sizzled with energy.”
  4. noun (countable) The sound of water boiling on a hot surface. “We heard the sizzle of the onions hitting the pan.”
  5. noun (countable, informal) The process of being cooked which involves that sound. “Give them a sizzle for a few more minutes before serving.”
  6. noun (uncountable) Zing, zip, or pizazz; excitement. “Her performance had a lot of sizzle.”

Etymology

Probably a derivative of Middle English sissen (“to hiss; buzz; hum”), equivalent to siss + -le (frequentative suffix); Ultimately imitative.

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To make a hissing sound; to fry, or to dry and shrivel up, with a hissing sound. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.] Forby.
  2. noun A hissing sound, as of something frying over a fire. [Prov.

Etymology [See Siss.]

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