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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zest

/zɛst/ noun, verb

Forms zests zesting zested

  1. noun The outer skin of a citrus fruit, used as a flavouring or garnish. “The orange zest gives the strong flavor in this dish.”
  2. noun General vibrance of flavour. “I add zest to the meat by rubbing it with a spice mixture before grilling.”
  3. noun (by extension) Enthusiasm; keen enjoyment; exciting and interesting; relish or gusto; a state of being zesty. “Auntie Mame had a real zest for life.”
  4. noun (rare) The woody, thick skin enclosing the kernel of a walnut.
  5. noun (slang, LGBTQ, somewhat derogatory) State of being a flamboyant or effeminate homosexual.
  6. verb (cooking) To scrape the zest from a fruit.
  7. verb To make more zesty.

Synonyms

punch spice tang zing gusto relish zestfulness nip piquance piquancy piquantness tanginess spice up

Etymology

Borrowed from French zeste.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A piece of orange or lemon peel, or the aromatic oil which may be squeezed from such peel, used to give flavor to liquor, etc.
  2. noun Hence, something that gives or enhances a pleasant taste, or the taste itself; an appetizer; also, keen enjoyment; relish; gusto.
  3. verb To cut into thin slips, as the peel of an orange, lemon, etc.; to squeeze, as peel, over the surface of anything.
  4. verb To give a relish or flavor to; to heighten the taste or relish of; as, to zest wine. Gibber.

Etymology [F. zeste, probably fr. L. schistos split, cleft, divided, Gr. Schism.]

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

Sanskrit

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