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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flux

/flʌks/ noun, verb, adjective

Forms fluxes fluxing fluxed

  1. noun The act of flowing; a continuous moving on or passing by, as of a flowing stream.
  2. noun A state of ongoing change. “The schedule is in flux at the moment.”
  3. noun A chemical agent for cleaning metal prior to soldering or welding. “It is important to use flux when soldering or oxides on the metal will prevent a good bond.”
  4. noun (physics) The rate of transfer of energy (or another physical quantity), especially an electric or magnetic field, through a given surface. “That high a neutron flux would be lethal in seconds.”
  5. noun (archaic) A disease which causes diarrhea, especially dysentery.
  6. noun (archaic) Diarrhea or other fluid discharge from the body.
  7. noun The state of being liquid through heat; fusion.
  8. verb (transitive) To use flux on. “You have to flux the joint before soldering.”
  9. verb (transitive) To melt.
  10. verb (intransitive) To flow as a liquid.
  11. adjective (uncommon) Flowing; unstable; inconstant; variable.

Synonyms

fluxion state of flux magnetic field magnetic flux flux density flow liquefy liquify blend mix conflate commingle immix fuse coalesce meld combine merge

Antonyms

stasis

Etymology

From Old French flux, from Latin fluxus (“flow”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The act of flowing; a continuous moving on or passing by, as of a flowing stream; constant succession; change.
  2. noun The setting in of the tide toward the shore, --the (reflux.
  3. adjective Flowing; unstable; inconstant; variable.
  4. verb To affect, or bring to a certain state, by flux.

Etymology [L. fluxus, fr. fluere, fluxum,to flow: cf.F. flux. See Fluent, and cf. 1st & 2d Floss, Flush, n., 6.]

Etymology [L. fluxus, p. p. of fluere. See Flux, n.]

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

Sanskrit

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