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.

English Dictionary · 107,383 entries · Sources & licences

courtesy

UK /ˈkɜːtəsi/ · US /ˈkɝɾəsi/ noun, adjective

Also a form of curtsey

Forms courtesies courtesying courtesied

  1. noun (uncountable) Polite behavior. “Please extend them the courtesy of your presence.”
  2. noun (countable) A polite gesture or remark, especially as opposed to an obligation or standard practice. “I offered them a ride simply as a courtesy.”
  3. noun (uncountable) Consent or agreement in spite of fact; indulgence. “They call this pond a lake by courtesy only.”
  4. noun (uncountable) Willingness or generosity in providing something needed. “They received free advertising through the courtesy of the local newspaper.”
  5. noun (dated) A curtsey.
  6. noun (law) The life interest that the surviving husband has in the real or heritable estate of his wife.
  7. adjective Given or done as a polite gesture. “We paid a courtesy visit to the new neighbors.”
  8. adjective Supplied free of charge. “The event planners offered courtesy tickets for the reporters.”

Synonyms

complimentary free of charge gratis good manners

Antonyms

discourtesy

Etymology

From Middle English curteisie, curtesie, from Anglo-Norman curtesie, from Old French curteisie, cortoisie. Equivalent to courteous + -y (abstract noun suffix). By surface analysis, court + -esy.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun Politeness; civility; urbanity; courtliness.
  2. noun An act of civility or respect; an act of kindness or favor performed with politeness.
  3. noun An act of civility, respect, or reverence, made by women, consisting of a slight depression or dropping of the body, with bending of the kness. [Written also curtsy.]
  4. verb To make a respectful salutation or movement of respect; esp. (with reference to women), to bow the body slightly, with bending of the knes.

Etymology [OE. cortaisie, corteisie, courtesie, OF. curteisie, cortoisie, OF. curteisie, cortoisie, F. courtoisie, fr. curteis, corteis. See Courteous.]

Etymology [See the preceding word.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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