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/ˈv ī r ə s ə z, ˈv ī r ə s ĭ z/

vī-rus-es, vī-rus-es

IY_SYLLABLE_END

I and Y at the end of a syllable may be long (/ī/) or short (/ĭ/).

SCHWA_RULE

Any vowel in an unstressed syllable may reduce to schwa (/ə/).

PLURAL_S_ES

Add -S to make nouns plural; add -ES after hissing sounds (s, sh, ch, x, z). Some nouns are irregular.

Base Form

Plural

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