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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labyrinth

/ˈlæb.ə.ɹɪnθ/ noun, verb

Forms labyrinths labyrinthing labyrinthed

  1. noun A complicated irregular network of passages or paths, especially underground or covered, in which it is difficult to find one's way.
  2. noun (horticulture) A maze formed by paths separated by high hedges.
  3. noun A structure similar to a maze, but containing only one path with no branches, as distinguished from a maze which contains multiple branching paths
  4. noun (by extension) Anything complicated and confusing in structure, arrangement, or character.
  5. noun (anatomy) A complex structure in the inner ear which contains the organs of hearing and balance, consisting of bony cavities (the bony labyrinth) filled with fluid and lined with sensitive membranes (the membranous labyrinth).
  6. noun (zoology) An accessory respiratory organ of certain fish.
  7. noun Any of various satyrine butterflies of the genus Neope.
  8. verb To enclose in a labyrinth, or as though in a labyrinth.
  9. verb To arrange in the form of a labyrinth.
  10. verb To twist and wind, following a labyrinthine path.
  11. verb To become lost and confused, as if in a labyrinth.

Synonyms

maze inner ear internal ear

Etymology

From Middle English laberynt, laberynthe, from Latin labyrinthus, from Ancient Greek λᾰβύρῐνθος (lăbúrĭnthos, “a maze”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun An edifice or place full of intricate passageways which render it difficult to find the way from the interior to the entrance; as, the Egyptian and Cretan labyrinths.
  2. noun Any intricate or involved inclosure; especially, an ornamental maze or inclosure in a park or garden.

Etymology [L. labyrinthus, Gr. laby`rinthos: cf. F. labyrinthe.]

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

Sanskrit

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