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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distinct

/dɪˈstɪŋkt/ adjective, verb

Forms distincter distinctest distincts distincting distincted

  1. adjective Capable of being perceived very clearly. “Her voice was distinct despite the heavy traffic.”
  2. adjective Different from one another (with the preferable adposition being "from"). “Horses are distinct from zebras.”
  3. adjective Noticeably different from others; distinctive. “Olga's voice is quite distinct because of her accent.”
  4. adjective Separate in place; not conjunct or united; with from.
  5. adjective (obsolete) Distinguished; having the difference marked; separated by a visible sign; marked out; specified.
  6. adjective (obsolete) Marked; variegated.
  7. verb (obsolete, transitive) To distinguish; to make a distinction.

Synonyms

clear different separate several characteristic distinctive prominent discrete individual noncontinuous specified patterned vivid acute keen obvious sharp distinguishable decided clear-cut trenchant

Antonyms

confusing indistinct same indistinguishable opaque

Etymology

From Middle English distincte, past participle of distincten (“to distinguish, discern”), from Old French destincter, from Latin distinctus, past participle of distinguere (“to distinguish”); see distinguish.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Distinguished; having the difference marked; separated by a visible sign; marked out; specified. [Obs.]
  2. adjective Marked; variegated. [Obs.]
  3. verb To distinguish. [Obs.] Rom. of R.

Etymology [L. distinctus, p. p. of distinguere: cf. F. distinct. See Distinguish.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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