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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caster

UK /ˈkɑːstə(ɹ)/ · US /ˈkæstɚ/ noun, verb, proper noun

Forms casters castering castered castor

  1. noun Someone or something that casts. “a caster of spells”
  2. noun A wheeled assembly attached to a larger object at its base to facilitate rolling. A caster usually consists of a wheel (which may be plastic, a hard elastomer, or metal), an axle, a mounting provision (usually a stem, flange, or plate), and sometimes a swivel (which allows the caster to rotate for steering). “Many office chairs roll on a set of casters.”
  3. noun A shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling condiments such as sugar, salt, pepper, etc. “a set of casters”
  4. noun A stand to hold a set of shakers or cruets.
  5. noun (automotive) The angle of the axis around which a car's front wheels rotate when the steering wheel is turned, with a vertical axis being defined as zero caster.
  6. verb To act as a caster (wheeled assembly).
  7. proper noun A surname.

Synonyms

casterwheel cruet castor

Etymology

From cast + -er; the wheel sense comes from obsolete cast (“to turn”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun One who casts; as, caster of stones, etc. ; a caster of cannon; a caster of accounts.
  2. noun A vial, cruet, or other small vessel, used to contain condiments at the table; as, a set of casters.

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

Sanskrit

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