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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fiduciary

UK /fɪˈdjuːʃ.i.əɹ.i/ · US /fəˈduːʃ.i.eɹ.i/ adjective, noun

Forms fiduciaries

  1. adjective (law) Relating to an entity that owes to another good faith, accountability and trust, often in the context of trusts and trustees.
  2. adjective Pertaining to paper money whose value depends on public confidence or securities.
  3. adjective (nonstandard) Accepted as a trusted reference such as a point, value, or marker; fiducial.
  4. noun (law) One who holds something in trust for another.
  5. noun (theology) One who depends for salvation on faith, without works; an antinomian.

Synonyms

trustee fiducial

Etymology

From Latin fīdūciārius (“held in trust”), from fīdūcia (“trust”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Involving confidence or trust; confident; undoubting; faithful; firm; as, in a fiduciary capacity. "Fiduciary obedience." Howell.
  2. adjective Holding, held, or founded, in trust. Spelman.
  3. noun One who holds a thing in trust for another; a trustee.
  4. noun One who depends for salvation on faith, without works; an Antinomian. Hammond.

Etymology [L. fiduciarus, fr. fiducia: cf. F. fiduciaire. See Fiducial.]

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