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

dialogue

UK /ˈdaɪəlɒɡ/ · US /ˈdaɪəˌlɑɡ/ noun, verb

Forms dialogues dialoguing dialogued dialog

  1. noun A conversation or other form of discourse between two or more individuals. “Melinda and Bill maintained a dialogue via email over the course of their long-distance relationship.”
  2. noun (authorship) In a dramatic or literary presentation, the verbal parts of the script or text; the verbalizations of the actors or characters. “The movie had great special effects, but the dialogue was lackluster.”
  3. noun (philosophy) A literary form, where the presentation resembles a conversation. “A literary historian, she specialized in the dialogues of ancient Greek philosophers.”
  4. noun (art, historiography) The relationship between two texts or artworks interpreted as responding to each other (regardless of whether this is actually possible).
  5. verb (informal, business) To discuss or negotiate so that all parties can reach an understanding. “Pearson wanted to dialogue with his overseas counterparts about the new reporting requirements.”
  6. verb (transitive) To put into dialogue form.
  7. verb (obsolete) To take part in a dialogue; to dialogize.

Synonyms

dialog duologue negotiation talks

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English dialog, from Old French dialoge (French dialogue), from Late Latin dialogus, from Ancient Greek διάλογος (diálogos, “conversation, discourse”), from διά (diá, “through, inter”) + λόγος (lógos, “speech, oration, discourse”), from διαλέγομαι (dialégomai, “to converse”), from διά (diá) + λέγειν (légein, “to speak”), equivalent to dia- (“between”) + -logue. Also analyzable as di- (“two”) + -alogue.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A conversation between two or more persons; particularly, a formal conservation in theatrical performances or in scholastic exercises.
  2. noun A written composition in which two or more persons are represented as conversing or reasoning on some topic; as, the Dialogues of Plato.
  3. verb To take part in a dialogue; to dialogize. [R.] Shak.
  4. verb To express as in dialogue. [R.]

Etymology [OE. dialogue, L. dialogus, fr. Gr. dialogue. See Legend.]

Etymology [Cf. F. dialoguer.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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