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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closed

UK /kləʊzd/ · US /kloʊzd/ adjective

Also a form of close

  1. adjective Made impassable. “A closed and locked door prevented my escape.”
  2. adjective Sealed or covered. “Her eyes were tightly closed.”
  3. adjective Physically drawn together, folded or contracted. “A book lay closed on the table.”
  4. adjective (engineering, gas and liquid flow, of valve or damper) In a position preventing fluid from flowing.
  5. adjective Not available for use or operation. “Phone lines are now closed.”
  6. adjective (of a store or business) Not operating or conducting trade. “Banks are closed on bank holidays.”
  7. adjective Not allowing entrance to visitors or the public. “The museum is closed for the Christmas holidays.”
  8. adjective Not receptive. “He is closed to new ideas.”

Synonyms

close shut unopen unsympathetic closed in

Antonyms

open

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 — from the Wiktionary entry “closed”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

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

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