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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soup

UK /suːp/ · US /sup/ noun, verb

Also a form of sup

Forms soups souping souped soop

  1. noun Any of various dishes commonly made by combining liquids, such as water or stock, with other ingredients, such as meat and vegetables, that contribute the food value, flavor, and texture. “Pho is a traditional Vietnamese soup.”
  2. noun (countable) A serving of such a dish, typically in a bowl.
  3. noun (uncountable) The liquid part of such a dish; the broth.
  4. noun (figuratively) Any mixture or substance suggestive of soup consistency.
  5. noun (slang) Thick fog or cloud (also pea soup).
  6. noun (US, slang) Nitroglycerine or gelignite, especially when used for safe-cracking.
  7. noun (cant) Dope or cocaine.
  8. noun (photography) Processing chemicals into which film is dipped, such as developer.
  9. verb (uncommon) To feed: to provide with soup or a meal.
  10. verb (photography) To develop (film) in a (chemical) developing solution.
  11. verb (obsolete) To proselytize by feeding the impoverished as long as they listen to one's preaching.
  12. verb (obsolete) To sweep.

Etymology

The noun is from Middle English soupe, sowpe, from Old French soupe, souppe, sope, from Late Latin suppa (“sopped bread”), from Proto-Germanic *supô (compare Middle Dutch sope (“broth”)). Doublet of sop and zuppa. See also sup and supper.
The verb is from the noun.

From Middle English swopen, from Old English swāpan (“to sweep”), from Proto-Germanic *swaipaną (“to sweep”). More at sweep.

From Middle English soupen, from Old English sūpan (“to sup, sip”), from Proto-Germanic *sūpaną. More at sup.

From Middle English soupe, from Old English sūpe (“sup; draught”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A liquid food of many kinds, usually made by boiling meat and vegetables, or either of them, in water, --commonly seasoned or flavored; strong broth. Soup kitchen, an establishment for preparing and supplying soup to the poor.
  2. verb To sup or swallow. [Obs.] Wyclif.
  3. verb To breathe out. [Obs.] amden.
  4. verb To sweep. See Sweep, and Swoop. [Obs.]

Etymology [F. soupe, OF. sope, supe, soupe, perhaps originally, a piece of bread; probably of Teutonic origin; cf. D. sop sop, G. suppe soup. See Sop something dipped in a liquid, and cf. Supper.]

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

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “soup” (best matches first).

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