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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childish

/ˈt͡ʃaɪldɪʃ/ adjective

  1. adjective Immature in thought or behaviour. “Your childish temper tantrums are not going to change my decision on this matter.”
  2. adjective Suitable for or expected of a child. “This game is very childish.”

Synonyms

infantile childly immature silly unbecoming juvenile puerile kiddish child babish babyish bairnish dootsie hissy lactifluous infantine milky

Antonyms

adultish mature adult adultlike

Etymology

From Middle English childisch, from Old English ċildisċ. By surface analysis, child + -ish.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Of, pertaining to, befitting, or resembling, a child. "Childish innocence." Macaulay.
  2. adjective Peurile; trifling; weak.

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

Sanskrit

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

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