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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illumination

UK /ɪˌl(j)umɪˈneɪʃən/ · US /ɪˌlumɪˈneɪʃən/ noun

Forms illuminations

  1. noun The act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated. “The room was filled with soft illumination from the candles.”
  2. noun Festive decoration of houses or buildings with lights.
  3. noun Adornment of books and manuscripts with colored illustrations. See illuminate (transitive verb).
  4. noun (figurative) Splendour; brightness.
  5. noun (figurative) Enlightening influence; inspiration. “The philosopher’s work gave intellectual illumination to many.”

Synonyms

lightness lumination light clarification elucidation illuminance miniature

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French illumination, from Late Latin illūminātiō, from Latin illumino. Equivalent to illuminate + -ion.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated.
  2. noun Festive decoration of houses or buildings with lights.

Etymology [L. illuminatio: cf. F. illumination.]

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

Sanskrit

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