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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angular

UK /ˈæŋ.ɡju.lə/ · US /ˈæŋ.ɡjə.lɚ/ adjective, noun

Forms angulars

  1. adjective Relating or pertaining to an angle, or angles.
  2. adjective Having an angle or angles; forming an angle or corner.
  3. adjective Sharp-cornered; pointed. “an angular figure”
  4. adjective Measured by an angle. “angular distance”
  5. adjective Lean, lank.
  6. adjective Ungraceful; lacking grace.
  7. adjective (figuratively) Sharp and stiff in character. “He's remarkably angular in his habits and appearance.”
  8. adjective (organic chemistry) Composed of three or more rings attached to a single carbon atom (the rings not all being in the same plane).
  9. noun (anatomy) A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, and fishes.

Synonyms

rude rugged angulate

Antonyms

rounded

Etymology

From Middle English angular, anguler, from Latin angulāris, from angulus (“angle, corner”). See angle.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Relating to an angle or to angles; having an angle or angles; forming an angle or corner; sharp-cornered; pointed; as, an angular figure.
  2. adjective Measured by an angle; as, angular distance.
  3. noun A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, and fishes.

Etymology [L. angularis, fr. angulus angle, corner. See Angle.]

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

Sanskrit

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