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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waterfall

/ˈwɔːtəfɔːl/ noun, verb, proper noun

Forms waterfalls waterfalling waterfalled

  1. noun A flow of water over the edge of a cliff.
  2. noun (figuratively) A waterfall-like outpouring of liquid, smoke, etc. “A waterfall of mist came from the open freezer.”
  3. noun (web development) A chart depicting the timing and duration of network requests.
  4. noun (slang, US) The action of drinking from a vessel without touching it with the lips, considered more sanitary for a shared vessel. “Hey man, can I take a waterfall from your bottle?”
  5. noun (colloquial, dated) A necktie.
  6. noun (colloquial, dated) A chignon (hairstyle).
  7. noun (colloquial, dated) A beard.
  8. noun (gymnastics) A kind of handstand with chin tucked and back arched.
  9. verb (intransitive) To fall like a waterfall.
  10. verb (transitive) To drink (something) from a container by pouring it from a height so as not to touch one's lips to the rim.
  11. verb (roller derby) Synonym of recycle.
  12. proper noun (art, historical) A stylistic art trend for furniture which was popular in the 1930s and 1940s, featuring wooden surfaces and curved edges prominently in its design.
  13. proper noun A barangay of Aurora, Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines.
  14. proper noun A barangay of Balingasag, Misamis Oriental, Philippines.
  15. proper noun A barangay of Panabo, Davao del Norte, Philippines.
  16. proper noun A barangay of Kiblawan, Davao del Sur, Philippines.
  17. proper noun A barangay of Sulop, Davao del Sur, Philippines.
  18. proper noun A suburb of Sydney in the Sutherland council area, New South Wales, Australia.

Synonyms

cataract cascade falls force foss forcefall sault catadupe recycle

Etymology

From Middle English waterfal, waterfalle, from Old English wæterġefeall (“waterfall”), equivalent to water + fall. Cognate with West Frisian wetterfal (“waterfall”), Dutch waterval (“waterfall”), German Wasserfall (“waterfall”), Swedish vattenfall (“waterfall”).

See waterfall.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A fall, or perpendicular descent, of the water of a river or stream, or a descent nearly perpendicular; a cascade; a cataract.
  2. noun An arrangement of a woman's back hair over a cushion or frame in some resemblance to a waterfall.

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

Sanskrit

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