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

jay

/ˈd͡ʒeɪ/ noun, proper noun

Forms jays Jaye

  1. noun Any of the numerous species of birds belonging to several genera within the family Corvidae, including Garrulus, Cyanocitta, Aphelocoma, Perisoreus, Cyanocorax, Gymnorhinus, Cyanolyca, Ptilostomus, and Calocitta, allied to the crows, but smaller, more graceful in form, often handsomely coloured, usually having a crest, and often noisy.
  2. noun Any of various other birds of similar appearance and behaviour.
  3. noun The Indian roller, Coracias benghalensis.
  4. noun Any of various large papilionid butterflies of the genus Graphium.
  5. noun (archaic) A dull or ignorant person. It survives today in the term jaywalking.
  6. noun (obsolete) Promiscuous woman; prostitute.
  7. noun The name of the Latin script letter J/j.
  8. noun (slang) A marijuana cigarette; a joint.
  9. proper noun (countable) An English surname transferred from the nickname from Old French jai (“jay (bird)”), a nickname for a chatty or showy person.
  10. proper noun A male given name transferred from the surname.
  11. proper noun A hamlet in Leintwardine parish, Herefordshire, England; named in the c. 13th century for the Jay family, prominent in that area (OS grid ref SO3974).
  12. proper noun A town in Santa Rosa County, Florida; named for postmaster J. T. Nowling.
  13. proper noun A town in Franklin County, Maine; named for American statesman and Founding Father John Jay.
  14. proper noun A town in Essex County, New York; named for John Jay.
  15. proper noun A city, the county seat of Delaware County, Oklahoma; named for Jay Washburn, nephew of Cherokee leader Stand Watie.
  16. proper noun A town on the Canadian border in Orleans County, Vermont; named for John Jay.
  17. proper noun A diminutive of the male given names James, Jacob, Jack, John, and Jason, or for any other name beginning with ⟨J⟩; also used as a formal given name.
  18. proper noun A female given name.
  19. proper noun (India) A male given name from Hindi.

Synonyms

ignoramus promiscuous woman Jenny jay jay pie k kae bluejay whisky jack prostitute John Jay

Etymology

From Middle English jay, from Old French jai ("jay"; Modern French geai), either from Late Latin gaius (“jay”), or from Old French gai (“gay, merry”), so named due to its plumage, from Old Frankish *gāhi (“quick, impetuous”), from Proto-Germanic *ganhuz, *ganhwaz (“sudden”), cognate with Dutch gaai (“jay”). More at gay.

Respelling of the letter jy (which see), by analogy with the following letter kay.

Borrowed from Hindi जय (jay, literally “victory”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun Any one of the numerous species of birds belonging to Garrulus, Cyanocitta, and allied genera. They are allied to the crows, but are smaller, more graceful in form, often handsomely colored, and usually have a crest.

Etymology [F. geai, OF. gai, jaj, perh. fr. OHG. gahi. Cf. Gay.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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