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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configuration

UK /kənˌfɪɡ.əˈɹeɪ̯.ʃən/ · US /kənˌfɪɡ.jəˈɹeɪ̯.ʃən/ noun

Forms configurations

  1. noun The form of a thing, as depending on the relative placement of the parts of a thing's shape. “The engineers tested several configurations of the new device.”
  2. noun The relative positions of a set of things; the way things are arranged or put together;
  3. noun (astrology) The aspect of the planets; the face of the horoscope, according to the relative positions of the planets at any time.
  4. noun (countable, physics, chemistry) The arrangement of electrons in an atom, molecule, or other physical structure like a crystal.
  5. noun (countable, algebra) A finite set of points and lines (and sometimes planes), generally with equal numbers of points per line and equal numbers of lines per point.
  6. noun (countable, computing) The way a computing environment (physical or software) is set up or customized to the needs of its users. “The software requires a specific configuration to run properly.”
  7. noun (uncountable, computing) The process of customizing a computing environment in this way.

Synonyms

constitution figure form factor arrangement composition format form makeup structure constellation shape contour conformation

Etymology

From Middle French configuration, from Latin cōnfigūrātiō. Morphologically configure + -ation.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun Form, as depending on the relative disposition of the parts of a thing' shape; figure.
  2. noun Relative position or aspect of the planets; the face of the horoscope, according to the relative positions of the planets at any time.

Etymology [L. configuratio.]

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

Sanskrit

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