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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windward

/ˈwɪndwə(ɹ)d/ adjective, adverb, noun

Forms wind'ard

  1. adjective Towards the wind, or the direction from which the wind is blowing. “The windward boat must give way to the leeward boat.”
  2. adjective On the side exposed to the wind. “the windward bedroom”
  3. adjective (figurative) In a position of advantage or superiority.
  4. adverb In a direction from which the wind blows, against or towards the wind. “We beat our way windward.”
  5. noun The direction from which the wind blows.
  6. noun The side receiving the wind's force.

Synonyms

aweather upwind downwind

Antonyms

leeward

Etymology

From wind + -ward.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The point or side from which the wind blows; as, to ply to the windward; --opposed to Ant: leeward. To lay an anchor to the windward, a figurative expression, signifying to adopt precautionary or anticipatory measures for success or security.
  2. adjective Situated toward the point from which the wind blows; as, the Windward Islands.
  3. adverb Toward the wind; in the direction from which the wind blows.

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

Sanskrit

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