Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iː	see	ɪ	sit	e / ɛ	bed	æ	cat
ɑː	father	ɒ	hot (UK)	ɔː	law	ʊ	put
uː	too	ʌ	cup	ɜː	bird	ə	about
eɪ	day	aɪ	my	ɔɪ	boy	aʊ	now
əʊ / oʊ	go (UK / US)	ɪə	near	eə	hair	ʊə	tour

Consonants that look unusual

θ	thin	ð	this	ʃ	she	ʒ	measure
tʃ	church	dʒ	judge	ŋ	sing	j	yes

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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unguent

/ˈʌŋɡjuənt/ noun, adjective

Forms unguents onguent

noun Any cream containing medicinal ingredients applied to the skin for therapeutic purposes.
adjective Taking the form of a cream or ointment.

Synonyms

ointment unction balm salve

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin unguentum (“ointment”), from unguō (“to smear with ointment”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃engʷ- (“to salve, anoint”). Cognates include Old Prussian anctan, Old High German ancho (German Anke (“butter”)), Welsh ymenyn (“butter”).

Webster’s 1913

noun A lubricant or salve for sores, burns, or the like; an ointment. Cowper.

Etymology [L. unguentum, from unguere, ungere, to anoint: cf. F. onguent. See Ointment, and cf. Unction, Unctuous.]

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

Sanskrit

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

प्रलेप pra-lepa an unguent, ointment, plaster, salve.
उपलेपन upa-lepana smearing, anointing, plastering; an ointment, an unguent.
चर्चिक्य carcikya anointing the body, an unguent, = cārcikya and carcā.
चार्चिक्य cārcikya perfuming the person, smearing it with sandal etc.; unguent;
अनुलेपन anu-lepana anointing the body; unguent so used; oily or emollient application.
उपनाहन upa-nāhana putting a plaster upon, applying an unguent, unction, anointing, plastering.
विचर्चित vi-carcita rubbed, smeared, anointed, rubbed with fragrant unguents, applied (as an unguent).
पङ्क paṅka mud, mire, dirt, clay; a slough, a quagmire; ointment, unguent; moral impurity, sin;

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