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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conversant

UK /kənˈvɜːsənt/ · US /kənˈvɝsənt/ adjective, noun

Forms conversants conversaunt

  1. adjective Closely familiar; current; having frequent interaction.
  2. adjective Familiar or acquainted by use or study; well-informed; versed. “She is equally conversant with Shakespeare and the laws of physics.”
  3. adjective (archaic) Concerned; occupied.
  4. noun One who converses with another.

Synonyms

interlocutor conversational partner familiar

Etymology

From Old French conversant, present participle of converser.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Having frequent or customary intercourse; familiary associated; intimately acquainted.
  2. adjective Familiar or acquainted by use or study; well-informed; versed; --generally used with with, sometimes with in. Deeply conversant in the Platonic philosophy. Dryden.
  3. noun One who converses with another; a convenser. [R.]

Etymology [L. conversans, p.pr. of conversari: cf. F. conversant.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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