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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appliance

/əˈplaɪ.əns/ noun

Forms appliances

  1. noun An implement, an instrument or apparatus designed (or at least used) as a means to a specific end, especially:
  2. noun A non-manual apparatus or device, powered electrically or by another small motor, used in homes to perform domestic functions (household appliance) and/or in offices. “Many house fires are caused by faulty appliances, such as refrigerators, washing machines and dryers.”
  3. noun An attachment, a piece of equipment to adapt another tool or machine to a specific purpose.
  4. noun (obsolete) The act of applying.
  5. noun (obsolete) A means of eliminating or counteracting something undesirable, especially an illness.
  6. noun (obsolete, rare) Willing service, willingness to act as someone wishes.

Synonyms

application cure medicine remedy compliance contraption contrivance convenience gadget gizmo gismo widget

Etymology

Recorded since the 1560s. From the English apply + -ance.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The act of applying; application; [Obs.] subservience. Shak.
  2. noun The thing applied or used as a means to an end; an apparatus or device; as, to use various appliances; a mechanical appliance; a machine with its appliances.

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

Sanskrit

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