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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gossip

UK /ˈɡɒsɪp/ · US /ˈɡɑsɪp/ noun, verb, proper noun

Forms gossips gossiping gossipping gossiped gossipped

  1. noun (countable) Someone who likes to talk about other people's private or personal business. “Be careful what you say to him: he’s a bit of a gossip.”
  2. noun (uncountable) Idle talk about someone’s private or personal matters, especially about someone not present. “According to the latest gossip, their relationship is on the rocks.”
  3. noun (uncountable) Idle conversation in general.
  4. noun (uncountable) A genre in contemporary media, usually focused on the personal affairs of celebrities. “a gossip columnist”
  5. noun (computing) Communication done using a gossip protocol.
  6. noun (now only historical) A sponsor; a godfather or godmother; the godparent of one's child or godchild, or the parent of one's godchild.
  7. noun (obsolete) A familiar acquaintance.
  8. noun (obsolete) Title used with the name of one's child's godparent or of a friend.
  9. verb (intransitive) To talk about someone else's private or personal business, especially in a manner that spreads the information.
  10. verb (intransitive) To talk idly.
  11. verb (obsolete) To stand godfather to; to provide godparents for.
  12. verb (obsolete) To enjoy oneself during festivities, to make merry.
  13. verb (intransitive, computing) To communicate using a gossip protocol.
  14. proper noun A surname.

Synonyms

busybody gossipmonger meddler rumormonger carrytale blab blabbermouth blabtale blabtongue buzzer gossiper mouth mumblenews newsmonger rumourmonger scandalmonger sleazemonger tabby talebearer talecarrier chitchat chit-chat chit chat small talk gab gabfest tittle-tattle chin wag chin-wag chin wagging

Etymology

From Middle English godsybbe, godsib (“a close friend or relation, a confidant; a godparent”), from Old English godsibb (“godparent, sponsor”), equivalent to god + sib. Doublet of godsib. For sense evolution to "gossip, discussing others' personal affairs," compare French commérage.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A sponsor; a godfather or a godmother.
  2. noun A friend or comrade; a companion; a familiar and customary acquaintance. [Obs.]
  3. verb To stand sponsor to. [Obs.] Shak.
  4. verb To make merry. [Obs.] Shak.

Etymology [OE. gossib, godsib, a relation or sponsor in baptism, a relation by a religious obligation, AS. godsibb, fr. god + sib alliance, relation; akin to G. sippe, Goth. sibja, and also to Skr. sabha assembly.]

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

Sanskrit

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