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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lawyer

UK /ˈlɔːjə(ɹ)/ · US /ˈlɔɪ.ɚ/ noun, verb, proper noun

Forms lawyers lawyering lawyered lawer

  1. noun A professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work (such as Juris Doctor)
  2. noun A professional person qualified (as by a law degree or bar exam) and authorized to practice law as an attorney-at-law, solicitor, advocate, barrister or equivalent, i.e. represent parties in lawsuits or trials and give legal advice. “A lawyer's time and advice are his stock in trade. [one of various versions of an aphorism in law]”
  3. noun (by extension) A legal layman who argues points of law.
  4. noun (UK, colloquial) The burbot.
  5. noun (UK, dialect) The stem of a bramble.
  6. noun A relative of the raspberry found in Australia and New Zealand, Rubus australis
  7. noun Various species of Calamus, including Calamus australis, Calamus muelleri, Calamus obstruens, Calamus vitiensis, Calamus warburgii, and Calamus moti.
  8. noun A woody climbing rainforest vine, Flagellaria indica.
  9. verb (informal, intransitive) To practice law.
  10. verb (intransitive) To perform, or attempt to perform, the work of a lawyer.
  11. verb (intransitive) To make legalistic arguments.
  12. verb (informal, transitive) To barrage (a person) with questions in order to get them to admit something. “You've been lawyered!”
  13. proper noun A male given name.

Synonyms

advocate attorney counselor abogado avocat counsel latitat lawman legal representative limb of the law man of law

Antonyms

non-lawyer

Etymology

From Middle English lawiere, lawier, lawer, equivalent to law + -yer.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun One versed in the laws, or a practitioner of law; one whose profession is to conduct lawsuits for clients, or to advise as to prosecution or defence of lawsuits, or as to legal rights and obligations in other matters. It is a general term, comprehending attorneys, counselors, solicitors, barristers, sergeants, and advocates.
  2. noun (a) The black-necked stilt. See Stilt.

Etymology [From Law, like bowyer, fr.bow.]

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

Sanskrit

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