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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chancery

/ˈt͡ʃɑːnsəɹɪ/ noun, adverb

Forms chanceries

  1. noun (historical) In England, formerly, the highest court of judicature next to the Parliament, exercising jurisdiction at law, but chiefly in equity; but under the jurisdiction act of 1873 it became the chancery division of the High Court of Justice, and now exercises jurisdiction only in equity
  2. noun (US, law) A court of equity; equity; a proceeding in equity.
  3. noun The type of building that houses a diplomatic mission or embassy.
  4. noun The type of building that houses the offices and administration of a diocese; the offices of a diocese.
  5. noun (historical) In the Middle Ages, a government office that produced and notarized official documents.
  6. noun (boxing, slang) The position of a boxer's head when under his adversary's arm.
  7. noun (slang, archaic) Any awkward predicament.
  8. adverb (boxing) With the head of an antagonist under one's arm, so that one can pommel it with the other fist at will.
  9. adverb (figurative) In an awkward situation; wholly under the power of someone else.

Synonyms

chancery court in chancery court of chancery

Etymology

From Middle English chancerie, a reduced form of chancellerie. See chancellery.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun In England, formerly, the highest court of judicature next to the Parliament, exercising jurisdiction at law, but chiefly in equity; but under the jurisdiction act of 1873 it became the chancery division of the High Court of Justice, and now exercises jurisdiction only in equity.
  2. noun In the Unites States, a court of equity; equity; proceeding in equity.

Etymology [F. chancellerie, LL. cancellaria, from L. cancellarius. See Chancellor, and cf. Chancellery.]

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