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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inert

UK /ɪnˈɜːt/ · US /ɪnˈɝt/ adjective, noun, verb

Forms inerts inerting inerted

  1. adjective Unable to move or act; inanimate.
  2. adjective Sluggish or lethargic.
  3. adjective (chemistry) Not readily reacting with other elements or compounds.
  4. adjective Having no therapeutic action.
  5. noun (chemistry) A substance that does not react chemically.
  6. verb To fill with an inert gas to reduce the risk of explosion.

Synonyms

dormant immovable abeyant at rest cessant dull fallow hibernating idle inactive languid latent nonactive passive quiescent silent sedent sedentary slow standing by indifferent neutral sluggish soggy torpid

Etymology

From French inerte, from Latin iners (“inactive, inert”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Destitute of the power of moving itself, or of active resistance to motion; as, matter is inert.
  2. adjective Indisposed to move or act; very slow to act; sluggish; dull; inactive; indolent; lifeless.

Etymology [L. iners, inertis, unskilled, idle; pref. in- + ars art: cf. F. inerte. See Art.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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