pound
noun C1- pound (unit of currency used in the United Kingdom and its dependencies)
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chain poundpound
ummy
The last vowel, u, is back and rounded, so the “my” ending is -um.
poundpound
larplural
The last vowel, u, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
poundpound
uhis/her
ndain/at
The last vowel, u, is back and rounded, so the “his/her” ending is -u. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: poundunda. The last vowel, u, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
poundpound
uhis/her
ylawith/by
The last vowel, u, is back and rounded, so the “his/her” ending is -u. After a vowel, y joins the ending: pounduyla. The last vowel, u, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
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