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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visionary

UK /ˈvɪʒn̩(ə)ɹi/ · US /ˈvɪʒəˌnɛɹi/ adjective, noun

Forms visionaries

  1. adjective Having vision or foresight.
  2. adjective Imaginary or illusory.
  3. adjective Prophetic or revelatory.
  4. adjective Idealistic or utopian. “a visionary scheme or project”
  5. noun Someone who has visions; a seer.
  6. noun An impractical dreamer.
  7. noun Someone who has creative and positive ideas about the future.

Synonyms

illusionist seer airy impractical Laputan windy

Etymology

Cf. F. visionnaire.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Of or pertaining to a visions or visions; characterized by, appropriate to, or favorable for, visions.
  2. adjective Affected by phantoms; disposed to receive impressions on the imagination; given to reverie; apt to receive, and act upon, fancies as if they were realities.
  3. noun One whose imagination is disturbed; one who sees visions or phantoms.
  4. noun One whose imagination overpowers his reason and controls his judgment; an unpractical schemer; one who builds castles in the air; a daydreamer.

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