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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familiar

UK /fəˈmɪl.i.ə/ · US /fəˈmɪl.jəɹ/ adjective, noun

Forms familiars

  1. adjective Known to one, or generally known; commonplace. “There’s a familiar face; that tune sounds familiar.”
  2. adjective Acquainted. “I'm quite familiar with this system; she's not familiar with manual gears.”
  3. adjective Intimate or friendly. “We are on familiar terms now; our neighbour is not familiar”
  4. adjective Of or pertaining to a family; familial.
  5. noun (witchcraft) An attendant spirit, often in animal or demon form. “The witch’s familiar was a black cat.”
  6. noun (obsolete) A member of one's family or household.
  7. noun A member of a pope's or bishop's household.
  8. noun (obsolete) A close friend.
  9. noun (historical) The officer of the Inquisition who arrested suspected people.

Synonyms

acquainted close friendly intimate personal cheeky fresh impudent accustomed habitual known predictable routine wonted wontish nigget companion comrade fellow associate familiar spirit conversant

Antonyms

ignorant unfamiliar unknown unacquainted cold cool distant impersonal standoffish unfriendly strange unaccustomed

Etymology

From Middle English familiar, familier, from Latin familiāris (“pertaining to servants; pertaining to the household”). By surface analysis, family + -ar. Piecewise doublet of familial. Displaced native Old English hīwcūþ.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Of or pertaining to a family; domestic. "Familiar feuds." Byron.
  2. adjective Closely acquainted or intimate, as a friend or companion; well versed in, as any subject of study; as, familiar with the Scriptures.
  3. noun An intimate; a companion.
  4. noun An attendant demon or evil spirit. Shak.

Etymology [OE. familer, familier, F. familier, fr. L. familiaris, fr. familia family. See Family.]

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

Sanskrit

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