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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concord

UK /ˈkɒnkɔːd/ · US /ˈkɑnkɔɹd/ noun, verb, proper noun

Forms concords concording concorded

  1. noun A state of agreement; harmony; union.
  2. noun (obsolete) An agreement by stipulation; a compact; a covenant; a treaty or league.
  3. noun (grammar) Agreement of words with one another, in gender, number, person, or case.
  4. noun (law, obsolete) An agreement between the parties to a fine of land in reference to the manner in which it should pass, being an acknowledgment that the land in question belonged to the complainant. See fine.
  5. noun (probably influenced by chord, music) An agreeable combination of tones simultaneously heard; a consonant chord; a consonance; a harmony.
  6. noun A variety of sweet American grape, with large dark blue (almost black) grapes in compact clusters; a Concord grape.
  7. verb (intransitive) To agree; to act together.
  8. proper noun A census-designated place in Jefferson County, Alabama.
  9. proper noun A town in Cleburne County, Arkansas.
  10. proper noun A city in Contra Costa County, California.
  11. proper noun An unincorporated community in Sussex County, Delaware.
  12. proper noun A town in Pike County, Georgia.
  13. proper noun A village in Morgan County, Illinois.
  14. proper noun A township and unincorporated community therein, in DeKalb County, Indiana.
  15. proper noun An unincorporated community in Tippecanoe County, Indiana.

Synonyms

agreement concordance capital of New Hampshire harmony Lexington Lexington and Concord harmonize harmonise consort accord fit in agree hold concur

Etymology

From French concorde, Latin concordia, from concors (“of the same mind, agreeing”); con- + cor, cordis (“heart”). See heart, and compare accord.

After Concord, Massachusetts, where the variety was developed.

From French concorder, from Latin concordō.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A state of agreement; harmony; union.
  2. noun Agreement by stipulation; compact; covenant; treaty or league.
  3. noun A variety of American grape, with large dark blue (almost black) grapes in compact clusters.
  4. verb To agree; to act together. [Obs.] Clarendon.

Etymology [F. concorde, L. concordia, fr. concors of the same mind, agreeing; con- + cor, cordis, heart. See Heart, and cf. Accord.]

Etymology [F. concorder, L. concordare.]

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

Sanskrit

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