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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kosher

UK /ˈkəʊʃə/ · US /ˈkoʊʃɚ/ adjective, adverb, verb

Forms koshers koshering koshered

  1. adjective (Judaism) Fit for use or consumption, in accordance with Jewish law (especially relating to food). “Only in New York can you find a good, kosher hamburger!”
  2. adjective Observant of the rules of kashrut (of a person or establishment). “"Are you kosher?" "No, I love to eat scallops."”
  3. adjective (figuratively, by extension) In accordance with standards or usual practice. “Is what I have done kosher with Mr. Smith?”
  4. adverb In a kosher manner; in accordance with kashrut.
  5. verb (transitive) To kasher; to prepare (for example, meat) in conformity with the requirements of the Jewish law.

Synonyms

by the book proper rightful halal homodox orthodox allowed conventional customary natural official routine traditional cosher

Antonyms

nonkosher possul treyf unkosher

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish כּשר (kosher), from Hebrew כָּשֵׁר (kashér).

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Ceremonially clean, according to Jewish law; --applied to food, esp. to meat of animals slaughtered according to the requirements of Jewish law. Opposed to tref. Hence, designating a shop, store, house, etc., where such food is sold or used.
  2. noun Kosher food; also, a kosher shop.
  3. verb To prepare in conformity with the requirements of the Jewish law, as meat.

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