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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kernel

UK /ˈkɜː.nəl/ · US /ˈkɝ.nəl/ noun, verb

Forms kernels kerneling kernelling kerneled kernelled

  1. noun The core, center, or essence of an object or system. “the kernel of an argument”
  2. noun (botany) The central (usually edible) part of a nut, especially once the hard shell has been removed.
  3. noun (botany) A single seed of grain, especially of corn or wheat.
  4. noun (botany, US) The stone of certain fruits, such as peaches or plums.
  5. noun A small mass around which other matter is concreted; a nucleus; a concretion or hard lump in the flesh.
  6. noun (computing) The central part of many computer operating systems which manages the system's resources and the communication between hardware and software components. “The Linux kernel is open-source.”
  7. noun (computing) The core engine of any complex software system.
  8. noun (programming) The simplified input to an algorithm that has undergone kernelization.
  9. verb To enclose within a kernel
  10. verb To crenellate

Synonyms

crux gist bowels sum brass tacks core essence drift guts gravamen heart heart and soul heartstring heartstrings inwardness marrow meat moral of the story nitty-gritty nub substance center centre pith

Antonyms

userland support

Etymology

From Middle English kernel, kirnel, kürnel, from Old English cyrnel, from Proto-West Germanic *kurnil, diminutive of Proto-Germanic *kurną (“seed, grain, corn”), equivalent to corn + -le. Cognate with Yiddish קערנדל (kerndl), Middle Dutch kernel, cornel, Middle High German kornel. Related also to Old Norse kjarni (“kernel”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The essential part of a seed; all that is within the seed walls; the edible substance contained in the shell of a nut; hence, anything included in a shell, husk, or integument; as, the kernel of a nut. See Illust. of Endocarp.
  2. noun A single seed or grain; as, a kernel of corn.
  3. verb To harden or ripen into kernels; to produce kernels.

Etymology [OE. kernel, kirnel, curnel, AS.cyrnel, fr. corn grain. See Corn, and cf. Kern to harden.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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