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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comic

UK /ˈkɒmɪk/ · US /ˈkɑmɪk/ adjective, noun

Forms comics

  1. adjective Pertaining to comedy, as a literary genre. “comic genius”
  2. adjective Using the techniques of comedy, as a composition, performer etc; amusing, entertaining.
  3. adjective Unintentionally humorous; amusing, ridiculous.
  4. adjective Of or relating to comics or sequential art.
  5. noun A comedian. “She started out as a joke-writer on the radio, and first performed as a comic at the ages of 30.”
  6. noun A story composed of drawn images arranged in a sequence, usually with textual captions; a comic book.
  7. noun (UK) A children's magazine.

Synonyms

comedic comical comedian amusing funny laughable mirthful risible

Etymology

From Latin comicus, from Ancient Greek κωμικός (kōmikós, “relating to comedy”), from κῶμος (kômos, “carousal”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Relating to comedy, as distinct from tragedy.
  2. adjective Causing mirth; ludicrous. "Comic shows." Shak.
  3. noun A comedian. [Obs.] Steele.

Etymology [L. comicus pertaining to comedy, Gr. comique. See Comedy.]

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

Sanskrit

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