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

intestine

/ɪnˈtɛs.tɪn/ noun, adjective

Forms intestines

  1. noun (anatomy, often pluralized) The alimentary canal of an animal through which food passes after having passed all stomachs.
  2. noun One of certain subdivisions of this part of the alimentary canal, such as the small or large intestine in human beings.
  3. adjective Domestic; taking place within a given country or region.
  4. adjective Internal.
  5. adjective (rare) Depending upon the internal constitution of a body or entity; subjective.
  6. adjective (rare) Shut up; enclosed.

Synonyms

bowel gut tharm

Etymology

From Latin intestīnum, neuter of intestīnus (“internal”), as Etymology 2, below.

From Latin intestīnus (“internal”), from intus (“within”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Internal; inward; --opposed to external.
  2. adjective Internal with regard to a state or country; domestic; not foreign; --applied usually to that which is evil; as, intestine disorders, calamities, etc. Hoping here to end Intestine war in heaven, the arch foe subdued.
  3. noun That part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus.
  4. noun pl.

Etymology [L. intestinus, fr. intus on the inside, within, fr. in in: cf. F. intestine. See In.]

Etymology [L. intestinum: cf. F. intestin. See Intestine, a.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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