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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wrapper

/ˈɹæpɚ/ noun

Forms wrappers

  1. noun Something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection: a wrapping.
  2. noun An outer garment; a loose robe or dressing gown.
  3. noun One who, or that which, wraps. “He proved to be a remarkably efficient wrapper of parcels.”
  4. noun (object-oriented programming) A construct, such as a class or module, that serves to mediate access to another. “We need a Perl wrapper for this C++ library.”
  5. noun (derogatory) A startup company that sells technology that it largely does not make.

Synonyms

adapter wrapper class primitive wrapper class negligee neglige peignoir housecoat wrapping wrap

Etymology

From Middle English wrappere, equivalent to wrap + -er.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun One who, or that which, wraps.
  2. noun That in which anything is wrapped, or inclosed; envelope; covering.

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

Sanskrit

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

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