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

impulsive

/ɪmˈpʌlsɪv/ adjective, noun

Forms impulsives

  1. adjective Having the power of driving or impelling; giving an impulse; moving; impellent.
  2. adjective Actuated by impulse or by transient feelings; inclined to make rapid decisions without due consideration.
  3. adjective (mechanics) Of a force, acting momentarily, or by impulse; not continuous.
  4. noun That which impels or gives an impulse; an impelling agent.
  5. noun One whose behaviour or personality is characterized by being impulsive.

Synonyms

hasty precipitant rash impetuous unprompted driving capricious whimsical hotheaded madcap tearaway brainish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French impulsif, from Latin impulsivus.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Having the power of driving or impelling; giving an impulse; moving; impellent.
  2. adjective Actuated by impulse or by transient feelings.
  3. noun That which impels or gives an impulse; an impelling agent. Sir W. Wotton.

Etymology [Cf. F. impulsif.]

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

Sanskrit

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