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

kindle

/ˈkɪn.dəl/ verb, noun, adjective, proper noun

Forms kindles kindling kindled in kindle

  1. verb (transitive) To start (a fire) or light (a torch, a match, coals, etc.).
  2. verb (transitive, figurative) To arouse or inspire (a passion, etc). “He kindled an enthusiasm for the project in his fellow workers.”
  3. verb (intransitive, figurative) To begin to grow or take hold.
  4. noun (rare, collective) A group, usually a litter, of kittens, or sometimes cats more generally. “A kindle of kittens.”
  5. verb (intransitive, of a rabbit or hare) To bring forth young; to give birth.
  6. adjective (of an animal) pregnant
  7. proper noun A surname.

Synonyms

fire ignite inflame set on fire arouse inspire animate awaken beghast leaven bright brighten cheer energize enliven enthuse exalt excite fire up ginger enkindle conflagrate elicit evoke raise provoke

Antonyms

douse extinguish dampen put out quench

Etymology

From Middle English kyndelen, from Old Norse kynda (“to inflame”), from Proto-Germanic *kundijaną.

From Middle English kyndel, from kynde + -el. The verb is derived from the noun form by conversion.

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To bring forth young. [Obs.] Shak.
  2. verb To set on fire; to cause to burn with flame; to ignite; to cause to begin burning; to start; to light; as, to kindle a match, or shavings.
  3. verb Fig.: To inflame, as the passions; to rouse; to provoke; to excite to action; to heat; to fire; to animate; to incite; as, to kindle anger or wrath; to kindle the flame of love, or love into a flame.
  4. verb To take fire; to begin to burn with flame; to start as a flame.

Etymology [OE. kindlen, cundlen. See Kind.]

Etymology [Icel. kyndill candle, torch; prob. fr. L. candela; cf. also Icel. kynda to kindle. Cf. Candle.]

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

Sanskrit

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