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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epicurean

UK /ˌɛp.ɪ.kjʊəˈɹiː.n̩/ · US /ˌɛp.ɪ.kjʊˈɹi.n̩/ adjective, noun

Forms epicureans

  1. adjective Pursuing pleasure, especially in reference to food or comfort.
  2. adjective Devoted to luxurious living.
  3. noun One who is devoted to pleasure.
  4. adjective Of or relating to Epicurus or Epicureanism, his philosophy.
  5. noun a follower of Epicurus and Epicureanism

Synonyms

Cyrenaic hedonistic decadent epicurious sybaritic Babylonian epicureal epicureous epicurish hedonic intemperate lotus-eating luxurious naughty self-indulgent sensualistic sinful sybarite sybaritical voluptuarian epicure gourmet gastronome bon vivant foodie luxuriant voluptuary voluptuous

Etymology

From Epicurean (“follower of Epicureanism”).

From Old French Epicurien, from Latin Epicureus, from Ancient Greek Ἐπικούρειος (Epikoúreios, “Epicurean”), from Ἐπίκουρος (Epíkouros, “Epicurus”) + -ειος (-eios, “-ey: forming adjectives”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Pertaining to Epicurus, or following his philosophy. "The sect Epicurean." Milton.
  2. adjective Given to luxury; adapted to luxurious tastes; luxurious; pertaining to good eating.
  3. noun A follower or Epicurus.
  4. noun One given to epicurean indulgence.

Etymology [L. Epicureus, Gr. épicurien.]

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

Sanskrit

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