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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affair

UK /əˈfɛə/ · US /əˈfɛɹ/ noun

Forms affairs affaire

  1. noun (often in the plural) Something which is done or is to be done; business of any kind, commercial, professional, or public. “a difficult affair to manage”
  2. noun Any proceeding or action which it is wished to refer to or characterize vaguely. “an affair of honor”
  3. noun (military) An action or engagement not of sufficient magnitude to be called a battle.
  4. noun A material object (vaguely designated). “He used a hook-shaped affair with a long handle to unlock the car.”
  5. noun An adulterous relationship, chiefly of a married person. (from affaire de cœur, affair of the heart). “When Martin's wife found out about his affair with her best friend, she asked for a divorce.”
  6. noun An otherwise illicit romantic relationship, such as with someone who is not one's regular partner (boyfriend, girlfriend). “Jerry's girlfriend said she wanted to go steady, but she was in an affair with one of his team-mates.”
  7. noun A person with whom someone has an adulterous relationship.
  8. noun A party or social gathering, especially of a formal nature.

Synonyms

matter concern goings-on happening befalling episode instance event hap incident occasion occurrence proceeding thing affaire intimacy liaison involvement amour social occasion function social function

Etymology

From Middle English afere, affere, from Old French afaire, from a- + faire (“to do”), from Latin ad- + facere (“to do”). See fact, and compare ado.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun That which is done or is to be done; matter; concern; as, a difficult affair to manage; business of any kind, commercial, professional, or public; --often in the plural. "At the head of affairs." Junius. "A talent for affairs." Prescott.
  2. noun Any proceeding or action which it is wished to refer to or characterize vaguely; as, an affair of honor, i. e., a duel; an affair of love, i. e., an intrigue.

Etymology [OE. afere, affere, OF. afaire, F. affaire, fr. a faire to do; L.. ad + facere to do. See Fact, and cf. Ado.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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