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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eligible

UK /ˈɛl.ɪ.d͡ʒɪ.bəl/ · US /ˈɛl.ə.d͡ʒə.bəl/ adjective, noun

Forms eligibles

  1. adjective Allowed to and meeting the necessary conditions required to participate in or be chosen for something.
  2. adjective Worthy of being chosen (for marriage). “an eligible bachelor”
  3. noun One who is eligible.

Synonyms

choosable licensed qualified

Antonyms

ineligible unqualified

Etymology

From Middle French eligible, from Latin eligibilis, from ēligō (“to select, to choose”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective That may be selected; proper or qualified to be chosen; legally qualified to be elected and to hold office.
  2. adjective Worthy to be chosen or selected; suitable; desirable; as, an eligible situation for a house.

Etymology [F. éligible, fr. L. eligere. See Elect.]

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

Sanskrit

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