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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choir

UK /kwaɪə(ɹ)/ · US /kwaɪɚ/ noun, verb, proper noun

Forms choirs choiring choired

  1. noun (music, collective) A group of people who sing together; a company of people who are trained to sing together. “The church choir practices Thursday nights.”
  2. noun (architecture) One quarter of a cruciform church, or the architectural area of a church, generally used by the choir; often near the apse.
  3. noun (Christian angelology) One of the nine ranks or orders of angels. “Seraphim, Cherubim, and Thrones are three of the choirs of angels.”
  4. noun (art, collective) A group of angels, especially when depicted in art.
  5. noun Set of strings (one per note) for a harpsichord.
  6. noun (figurative) Any group or assemblage producing sound together; a chorus of loud cries or noises.
  7. verb (intransitive) To sing in concert.
  8. proper noun A city in Govisümber, Mongolia.

Synonyms

consort chorus

Etymology

From Middle English quer, quere, from Old French quer, from Latin chorus, from Ancient Greek χορός (khorós, “company of dancers or singers”). Modern spelling influenced by chorus and French chœur. Doublet of quire, chorus, and hora. Displaced native Old English hād.

From Mongolian Чойр (Čojr).

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A band or organized company of singers, especially in church service. [Formerly written also quire.]
  2. noun That part of a church appropriated to the singers.

Etymology [OE. quer, OF. cuer, F. choeur, fr. L. chorus a choral dance, chorus, choir, fr. Gr. hortus garden, and E. yard. See Chorus.]

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

Sanskrit

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