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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incontinent

/ɪŋˈkɒntɪnənt/ adjective, adverb, noun

Forms incontinents

  1. adjective (often followed by of) Unable to contain or retain.
  2. adjective Plagued by incontinence; unable to retain natural discharges or evacuations, most commonly of urine or feces.
  3. adjective Lacking moral or sexual restraint, moderation or self-control, especially of sexual desire.
  4. adjective Unrestrained or unceasing. “an incontinent river of pure water”
  5. adjective (colloquial) Immediate; without delay.
  6. adverb (obsolete) Immediately, forthwith.
  7. noun (obsolete) One who is unchaste.

Synonyms

wanton lewd

Antonyms

continent restrained

Etymology

From Middle English incontinent, from Old French incontinent, from Latin incontinens, from in + continens.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Not continent; uncontrolled; not restraining the passions or appetites, particularly the sexual appetite; indulging unlawful lust; unchaste; lewd.
  2. adjective Unable to restrain natural evacuations.
  3. noun One who is unchaste. B. Jonson.
  4. adverb Incontinently; instantly immediately. [Obs.]

Etymology [L. incontinens: cf. F. incontinent. See In- not, and Continent.]

Etymology [Cf. F. incontinent.]

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

Sanskrit

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