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.

English Dictionary · 107,383 entries · Sources & licences

garnet

/ˈɡɑː(ɹ).nət/ noun, adjective, verb, proper noun

Forms garnets garneting garneted

  1. noun (mineralogy) A hard transparent mineral that is often used as gemstones and abrasives.
  2. noun A dark red color, like that of the gemstone.
  3. adjective Of a dark red colour.
  4. noun (nautical) A tackle for hoisting cargo in or out of a vessel.
  5. verb (transitive) To shred (twisted wool fiber, rags, etc.) so that it can be reused.
  6. proper noun A census-designated place in Riverside County, California, United States.
  7. proper noun An unincorporated community in Mackinac County, Michigan, United States.
  8. proper noun A ghost town in Granite County, Montana, United States.
  9. proper noun An unincorporated community in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States.
  10. proper noun A female given name from French.
  11. proper noun (fandom slang) The ship of characters Ruby and Sapphire from the Steven Universe series, who combine to create the character Garnet.

Synonyms

Rupphire

Etymology

From Middle English gernet, granate, from Old French grenate, from grenat (“pomegranate red”). Doublet of grenade.

Named after the garnet gemstone.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A mineral having many varieties differing in color and in their constituents, but with the same crystallization (isometric), and conforming to the same general chemical formula. The commonest color is red, the luster is vitreous, and the hardness greater than that of quartz. The dodecahedron and trapezohedron are the common forms.
  2. noun A tackle for hoisting cargo in our out. Clew garnet. See under Clew.

Etymology [OE. gernet, grenat, OF. grenet,grenat, F. grenat, LL. granatus, fr. L. granatum pomegranate, granatus having many grains or seeds, fr. granum grain, seed. So called from its resemblance in color and shape to the grains or seeds of the pomegranate. See Grain, and cf. Grenade, Pomegranate.]

Etymology [Etymol. unknown.]

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