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

liberty

/ˈlɪbəti/ noun, proper noun

Forms liberties Libertys libertie

  1. noun The condition of being free. “The army is here, your liberty is assured.”
  2. noun The condition of being free from imprisonment, slavery or forced labour. “The prisoners gained their liberty from an underground tunnel.”
  3. noun The condition of being free to act, believe or express oneself as one chooses. “Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.”
  4. noun Freedom from excessive government control.
  5. noun A short period when a sailor is allowed ashore. “We're going on a three-day liberty as soon as we dock.”
  6. noun (often plural) A breach of social convention. “You needn't take such liberties.”
  7. noun (historical) A local division of government administration in medieval England.
  8. noun (go) An empty space next to a group of stones of the same color.
  9. proper noun A surname from French.
  10. proper noun A freed slave surname originating as an occupation.
  11. proper noun A female given name from English.
  12. proper noun A male given name from English.
  13. proper noun A town, the county seat of Union County, Indiana.
  14. proper noun A minor city in Montgomery County, Kansas.
  15. proper noun A city, the county seat of Casey County, Kentucky.
  16. proper noun A town, the county seat of Amite County, Mississippi.
  17. noun Used attributively to designate various items (especially textiles) sold by (or characteristic of) the Liberty department store in Regent Street, London.

Synonyms

freedom autonomy shore leave familiarity impropriety indecorum

Etymology

From Middle English liberte, from Old French liberté, from Latin libertas (“freedom”), from liber (“free”); see liberal.

From liberty.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The state of a free person; exemption from subjection to the will of another claiming ownership of the person or services; freedom; --opposed to slavery, serfdom, bondage, or subjection.
  2. noun Freedom from imprisonment, bonds, or other restraint upon locomotion.

Etymology [OE. liberte, F. liberté, fr. L. libertas, fr. liber free. See Liberal.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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