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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gamble

/ˈɡæm.bəl/ noun, verb, proper noun

Forms gambles gambling gambled gambal Gammell Gemmell

  1. noun A bet or wager. “I had a gamble on the horses last weekend.”
  2. noun A significant risk, undertaken with a potential gain.
  3. noun A risky venture. “The sailors had taken many gambles with the sea and always won.”
  4. verb To take a risk, with the potential of a positive outcome.
  5. verb To play risky games, especially casino games, for monetary gain. “Mark won half a million dollars gambling on horses.”
  6. verb (transitive) To risk (something) for potential gain. “He gambled his reputation on the outcome.”
  7. verb To interact with equipment at a casino.
  8. proper noun A surname from Old Norse.

Synonyms

game chance risk hazard take chances adventure run a risk take a chance

Etymology

From earlier gamel, from Middle English *gamlen, *gamelen, variant of Middle English gamenen, from Old English gæmnian, gamnian, gamenian (“to joke; play”), related to Old English gamen (“joy; mirth; pleasure; entertainment; pastime; sport; game”), equivalent to game + -le. Compare Old Danish gammel, Middle High German gamel (“pleasure; fun”). More at game.

From the Old Norse byname gamall (“old”), which was occasionally used in North England during the Middle Ages as a personal name.

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To play or game for money or other stake.
  2. verb To lose or squander by gaming; --usually with away. "Bankrupts or sots who have gambled or slept away their estates." Ames.

Etymology [Dim. of game. See 2d Game.]

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

Sanskrit

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