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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vermilion

UK /vəˈmɪl.jən/ · US /vɚˈmɪl.jən/ noun, adjective, verb

Forms vermilions vermilioning vermilioned vermillion

  1. noun A vivid red synthetic pigment made of mercury sulfide, cinnabar.
  2. noun A bright orange-red colour.
  3. noun A type of red dye worn in the parting of the hair by married Hindu women.
  4. noun The red skin of the lips or its border with the skin of the face.
  5. noun (obsolete) The kermes or cochineal insect.
  6. noun (obsolete) The cochineal dye made from this insect.
  7. adjective Having a brilliant red colour.
  8. adjective Having the color of the vermilion dye.
  9. verb (transitive) To color or paint vermilion.

Synonyms

sindoor scarlet orange red vermillion cinnabar Chinese-red

Etymology

From Middle English vermelioun, vermyloun, vermylon, vermilun, from Old French vermeillon (“vermilion”), from vermeil, from Latin vermiculus (“little worm”), from vermis (“worm”), ultimately in reference to Kermes vermilio, a type of scale insect used to make a crimson dye. Displaced native Old English bōcrēad.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A bright red pigment consisting of mercuric sulphide, obtained either from the mineral cinnabar or artificially. It has a fine red color, and is much used in coloring sealing wax, in printing, etc.
  2. noun Hence, a red color like the pigment; a lively and brilliant red; as, cheeks of vermilion.
  3. verb To color with vermilion, or as if with vermilion; to dye red; to cover with a delicate red.

Etymology [F. vermillon. See Vermeil.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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