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

detachment

/dɪˈtæt͡ʃmənt/ noun

Forms detachments

  1. noun (uncountable) The action of detaching; separation.
  2. noun (uncountable) The state of being detached or disconnected; insulation.
  3. noun (uncountable) Indifference to the concerns of others; disregard; nonchalance; aloofness.
  4. noun (uncountable) Absence of bias; impartiality; objectivity.
  5. noun (uncountable, military) The separation of a military unit from the main body for a particular purpose or special mission.
  6. noun (countable, military) The unit so dispatched.
  7. noun (countable, military) A permanent unit organized for special duties.
  8. noun (countable) Any smaller portion of a main body separately employed.

Synonyms

withdrawal disengagement insulation insularity insularism separation breakup

Etymology

From French détachement. By surface analysis, detach + -ment.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The act of detaching or separating, or the state of being detached.
  2. noun That which is detached; especially, a body of troops or part of a fleet sent from the main body on special service.

Etymology [Cf. F. détachement.]

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

Sanskrit

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