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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comfort

UK /ˈkʌm.fət/ · US /ˈkʌm.fɚt/ noun, verb, proper noun

Forms comforts comforting comforted

  1. noun Contentment, ease. “Sleep in comfort with our new mattress.”
  2. noun Something that offers comfort. “the comforts of home”
  3. noun A consolation; something relieving suffering or worry. “We still have the spare tire? That's a comfort at least.”
  4. noun A cause of relief or satisfaction. “The outcome of the peace negotiations in Moscow in 1940 was a heavy blow to the young nation, but in the same time a great comfort: at least the independency was preserved.”
  5. verb (transitive) To relieve the distress or suffering of; to provide comfort to. “Rob comforted Aaron because he was lost and very sad.”
  6. verb (obsolete) To make strong; to invigorate; to fortify; to corroborate.
  7. verb (obsolete) To assist or help; to aid.
  8. proper noun A surname.
  9. proper noun A female given name.
  10. proper noun A township in Kanabec County, Minnesota.
  11. proper noun An unincorporated community in Jones County, North Carolina.
  12. proper noun A census-designated place in Kendall County, Texas.
  13. proper noun A census-designated place in Boone County, West Virginia.
  14. proper noun An unincorporated community in the town of Weston, Dunn County, Wisconsin.

Synonyms

liss solace alleviation consolation ease release relief respite besoothe console cheer soothe comfortableness quilt comforter puff

Antonyms

austerity hurt vex discomfort

Etymology

From Middle English comfort, from Old French cunfort, confort, from the stem of Late Latin confortō. It replaced Old English frofor, Middle English frovre.

From Middle English comforten, from Old French conforter, from Late Latin confortō (“to strengthen greatly”), itself from Latin con- (“together”) + fortis (“strong”).

From the English word comfort.

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To make strong; to invigorate; to fortify; to corroborate. [Obs.]
  2. verb To assist or help; to aid. [Obs.]
  3. noun Assistance; relief; support. [Obs. except in the phrase "aid and comfort." See 5 below.] Shak.
  4. noun Encouragement; solace; consolation in trouble; also, that which affords consolation.

Etymology [F. conforter, fr. L. confortare to strengthen much; con- + fortis strong. See Fort.]

Etymology [OF. confort, fr. conforter.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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