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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equestrian

/ɪˈkwɛs.tri.ən/ adjective, noun

Forms equestrians

  1. adjective Of horseback riding or horseback riders. “They were an equestrian people.”
  2. adjective (historical) Of or relating to the ancient Roman class of equites.
  3. noun One who rides a horse.
  4. noun (historical) Synonym of eques.

Synonyms

horseman horserider eques horseback rider

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin equester (“of or pertaining to equestrians/cavalry”) + -ianus (“-ian, related to”, adjective marker), from equus (“horse”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Of or pertaining to horses or horsemen, or to horsemanship; as, equestrian feats, or games.
  2. adjective Being or riding on horseback; mounted; as, an equestrian statue.
  3. noun One who rides on horseback; a horseman; a rider.

Etymology [L. equester, from eques horseman, fr. equus horse: cf. F. équestre. See Equine.]

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

Sanskrit

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