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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breastplate

/ˈbɹɛstˌpleɪt/ noun

Forms breastplates

  1. noun A piece of armor that covers the chest.
  2. noun A piece of armor that covers the torso; a cuirass, the breast- (front) and back-plate, taken together as a unit.
  3. noun A piece of horse tack designed to prevent the saddle slipping backwards.
  4. noun A piece of silicone in the shape of women's breasts worn by drag queens and other female impersonators to simulate a female body shape.
  5. noun (Judaism) An embroidered square of linen worn on the breast of the Jewish high priest, bearing twelve precious stones, each inscribed with the name of one of the tribes of Israel.

Synonyms

chestplate breastcollar breaststrap breastgirth aegis egis

Etymology

From Middle English brestplate, equivalent to breast + plate. Displaced Old English brēostbeorg.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A plate of metal covering the breast as defensive armor.
  2. noun A piece against which the workman presses his breast in operating a breast drill, or other similar tool.

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

Sanskrit

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