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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canter

UK /ˈkæn.tə/ · US /ˈkæn.tɚ/ noun, verb, proper noun

Forms canters cantering cantered

  1. noun A gait of a horse between a trot and a gallop, consisting of three beats and a "suspension" phase, where there are no feet on the ground. Also describing this gait on other four-legged animals.
  2. noun A ride on a horse at such speed.
  3. verb (intransitive) To move at such pace.
  4. verb (transitive) To cause to move at a canter; to ride (a horse) at a canter.
  5. noun One who cants or whines; a beggar.
  6. noun One who makes hypocritical pretensions to goodness; one who uses canting language.
  7. proper noun A surname.

Synonyms

lope

Etymology

Short for Canterbury pace, from the supposed easy pace of medieval pilgrims to Canterbury.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A moderate and easy gallop adapted to pleasure riding.
  2. noun A rapid or easy passing over.
  3. verb To move in a canter.
  4. verb To cause, as a horse, to go at a canter; to ride (a horse) at a canter.

Etymology [An abbreviation of Caner bury. See Canterbury gallop, under Canterbury.]

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

Sanskrit

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