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

inactive

/ɪnˈæktɪv/ adjective, noun

Forms inactives

  1. adjective Not active, temporarily or permanently. “The volcano is inactive, but is only dormant.”
  2. adjective Not engaging in physical activity.
  3. adjective Not functioning or operating; broken down “The photocopier is inactive pending repair.”
  4. adjective Retired from duty or service. “Admiral Jones is now on the inactive list.”
  5. adjective (chemistry) Relatively inert. “Aluminium is inactive towards water.”
  6. adjective (physics) Showing no optical activity in polarized light. “Synthetic glycine is optically inactive as it contains equal amounts of the d- and l- form.”
  7. noun A person who does not take action.

Synonyms

dull idle dormant abeyant at rest cessant fallow hibernating inert languid latent nonactive passive quiescent silent sedent sedentary slow standing by suspended nonoperational motionless static still

Antonyms

antonym(s) of active in action

Etymology

From French inactif. Piecewise doublet of unactive.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Not active; having no power to move; that does not or can not produce results; inert; as, matter is, of itself, inactive.
  2. adjective Not disposed to action or effort; not diligent or industrious; not busy; idle; as, an inactive officer.

Etymology [Pref. in- not + active: cf. F. inactif.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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