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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griffin

/ˈɡɹɪf.ɪn/ noun, proper noun

Forms griffins griffon gryphon grifon gryfon Griffy

  1. noun A mythical creature with the body of a lion and head and wings of an eagle.
  2. noun A griffon vulture, a large vulture (Gyps fulvus) found in the mountainous parts of Southern Europe, North Africa, and Asia Minor, supposed to be the "eagle" of the Bible.
  3. noun An English variety of apple.
  4. noun (dated, India) A person who has just arrived from Europe.
  5. noun A cadet newly arrived in British India: half English, half Indian.
  6. noun A watchful guardian, especially a duenna in charge of a young woman.
  7. proper noun An Irish surname, an anglicization of Ó Gríobhtha or Ó Grifín
  8. proper noun A surname from Welsh [in turn originating as a patronymic].
  9. proper noun A male given name from Welsh derived from Griffinus, a latinized form of Gruffudd.
  10. proper noun A male given name from Cornish derived from Gryffyn, of relation to the Welsh name.
  11. proper noun (rare) A female given name.
  12. proper noun A community in Saskatchewan, Canada.
  13. proper noun A rural municipality in south-east Saskatchewan, which includes the community; in full, the Rural Municipality of Griffin No. 66.
  14. proper noun A township in Pope County, Arkansas.

Synonyms

gryphon griffon

Etymology

From Middle English griffoun, from Old French griffon, from Late Latin grȳphus, from Classical Latin grȳps, from Ancient Greek γρῡ́ψ (grū́ps).

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun An Anglo-Indian name for a person just arrived from Europe. H. Kingsley.
  2. noun A fabulous monster, half lion and half eagle. It is often represented in Grecian and Roman works of art.
  3. noun A representation of this creature as an heraldic charge.

Etymology [OE. griffin, griffon, griffoun, F. griffon, fr. L. gryphus, equiv to gryps, Gr. 1. (Myth.) Defn: A fabulous monster, half lion and half eagle. It is often represented in Grecian and Roman works of art. 2. (Her.) Defn: A representation of this creature as an heraldic charge. 3. (Zoöl.) Defn: A species of large vulture (Gyps fulvus) found in the mountainous parts of Southern Europe, North Africa, and Asia Minor; - - called also gripe, and grype. It is supposed to be the "eagle" of the Bible. The bearded griffin is the lammergeir. [Written also gryphon.]

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