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

cusp

/kʌsp/ noun, verb

Forms cusps cusping cusped

  1. noun A sharp point or pointed end.
  2. noun (figuratively) An important moment when a decision is made that will determine future events.
  3. noun (geometry) A point of a curve where the curve is continuous but has no derivative, but such that it has a derivative at every nearby point.
  4. noun (architecture) A point made by the intersection of two curved lines or curved structures, a common motif in Gothic architecture.
  5. noun (astrology) A boundary between zodiacal signs and houses.
  6. noun (dentistry) Any of the pointed parts of a canine tooth or molar.
  7. noun (anatomy) A flap of a valve of a heart or blood vessel.
  8. noun A point of transition.
  9. verb (slang) To behave in a reckless or dangerous manner.

Synonyms

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Etymology

From Latin cuspis (“a point, spear, pointed end”); first used in astrology. Doublet of cuspid and cuspis.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A triangular protection from the intrados of an arch, or from an inner curve of tracery.
  2. noun The beginning or first entrance of any house in the calculations of nativities, etc.
  3. verb To furnish with a cusp or cusps.

Etymology [L. cuspis, -idis, point, pointed end.]

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

Sanskrit

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