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

incapable

/ɪnˈkeɪpəbl̩/ adjective, noun

Forms incapables

  1. adjective Not capable (of doing something); unable. “A pint glass is incapable of holding more than a pint of liquid.”
  2. adjective Not in a state to receive; not receptive; not susceptible; not able to admit. “incapable of pain, or pleasure; incapable of stain or injury”
  3. noun (dated) One who is morally or mentally weak or inefficient; an imbecile; a simpleton.

Synonyms

unable refusing incompetent unequal to

Antonyms

capable

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French incapable, equivalent to in- + capable.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Wanting in ability or qualification for the purpose or end in view; not large enough to contain or hold; deficient in physical strength, mental or moral power, etc.; not capable; as, incapable of holding a certain quantity of liquid; incapable of endurance, of comprehension, of perseverance, of reform, etc.
  2. adjective Not capable of being brought to do or perform, because morally strong or well disposed; --used with reference to some evil; as, incapable of wrong, dishonesty, or falsehood.
  3. noun One who is morally or mentally weak or inefficient; an imbecile; a simpleton.

Etymology [Pref. in- not + capable: cf. F. incapable, L. incapabilis incomprehensible.]

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

Sanskrit

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