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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electric

/ɪˈlɛktɹɪk/ adjective, noun

Forms electrics electrick

  1. adjective Of, relating to, produced by, operated with, or utilising electricity; electrical. “An electric oven needs an electric socket.”
  2. adjective Of or relating to an electronic version of a musical instrument that has an acoustic equivalent.
  3. adjective (figuratively) Emotionally thrilling; electrifying.
  4. noun (informal, usually with definite article) Electricity; the electricity supply. “We had to sit in the dark because the electric was cut off.”
  5. noun (rare, countable) An electric car, locomotive, train etc.
  6. noun An electric toothbrush.
  7. noun An electric typewriter.
  8. noun (archaic) A substance or object which can be electrified; an insulator or non-conductor, like amber or glass.
  9. noun (fencing) Fencing with the use of a body wire, box, and related equipment to detect when a weapon has touched an opponent.

Synonyms

electrical electric automobile electric car galvanic galvanizing galvanising

Antonyms

non-electric nonelectric steam

Etymology

First attested in c. 1646 in a publication by Thomas Browne. From New Latin ēlectricus (“electrical; of amber”), from ēlectr(um) (“amber”) + -icus (“adjectival suffix”); from Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron, “amber”); related to ἠλέκτωρ (ēléktōr, “shining sun”), of unknown origin (see which for more). The Latin term was apparently used first with the sense electrical in 1600 by the English physician and scientist William Gilbert in his work De Magnete.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Pertaining to electricity; consisting of, containing, derived from, or produced by, electricity; as, electric power or virtue; an electric jar; electric effects; an electric spark.
  2. adjective Capable of occasioning the phenomena of electricity; as, an electric or electrical machine or substance.
  3. noun A nonconductor of electricity, as amber, glass, resin, etc., employed to excite or accumulate electricity.

Etymology [L. electrum amber, a mixed metal, Gr. arc to beam, shine: cf. F. électrique. The name came from the production of electricity by the friction of amber.]

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

Sanskrit

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