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

healthy

/ˈhɛl.θi/ adjective

Forms healthier healthiest

  1. adjective Enjoying good health; free from disease or disorder. “He was father to three healthy kids.”
  2. adjective Conducive to health. “A healthy diet can help to maintain proper weight.”
  3. adjective Evincing health. “Her face had a healthy glow.”
  4. adjective (figuratively) Significant, hefty; beneficial. “a healthy respect for authority”

Synonyms

well hale fit healthful wholesome nourishing all oak and iron bound buxom freck hail hale and hearty in the pink of health lusty normal sound sound as a barrel sound as a bell whole salubrious good for you intelligent levelheaded level-headed goodly goodish hefty respectable sizable sizeable tidy

Antonyms

unhealthy diseased ill

Etymology

From health + -y.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Being in a state of health; enjoying health; hale; sound; free from disease; as, a healthy chid; a healthy plant.
  2. adjective Evincing health; as, a healthy pulse; a healthy complexion.

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

Sanskrit

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

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