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.

English Dictionary · 107,383 entries · Sources & licences

violent

/ˈvaɪ.ə.lənt/ adjective, verb, noun

Forms violenter violentest violents violenting violented

  1. adjective Involving extreme force or motion. “A violent wind ripped the branch from the tree.”
  2. adjective Involving physical conflict. “We would rather negotiate, but we will use violent means if necessary.”
  3. adjective Likely to use physical force. “The escaped prisoners are considered extremely violent.”
  4. adjective Intensely vivid. “The artist expressed his emotional theme through violent colors.”
  5. adjective Produced or effected by force; not spontaneous; unnatural.
  6. adjective Acute, extreme, sharp. “a violent headache”
  7. verb (transitive, archaic) To urge with violence.
  8. noun (obsolete) An assailant.

Synonyms

impetuous wild fierce tearing vehement trigger-happy crimson red

Antonyms

peaceful nonviolent

Etymology

From Middle English violent, from Old French violent, from Latin violentus, from vīs (“strength”). Displaced native Old English stræc. For the verb, compare French violenter.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Moving or acting with physical strength; urged or impelled with force; excited by strong feeling or passion; forcible; vehement; impetuous; fierce; furious; severe; as, a violent blow; the violent attack of a disease.
  2. adjective Acting, characterized, or produced by unjust or improper force; outrageous; unauthorized; as, a violent attack on the right of free speech.
  3. noun An assailant. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
  4. verb To urge with violence. [Obs.] Fuller.

Etymology [Cf. F. violenter.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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