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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liquor

UK /ˈlɪk.ə(ɹ)/ · US /ˈlɪk.ɚ/ noun, verb

Forms liquors liquoring liquored liquour liqa liquuh

  1. noun (obsolete) A liquid, a fluid.
  2. noun (obsolete) A beverage, any drinkable liquid.
  3. noun A liquid obtained by cooking meat or vegetables (or both).
  4. noun (UK, cooking) A parsley sauce commonly served with traditional pies and mash.
  5. noun (chiefly US, Canada, Australia) Strong (high-ABV) alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation.
  6. noun (loosely) Any alcoholic beverage.
  7. noun In process industry, a liquid in which a desired reaction takes place, e.g. pulping liquor is a mixture of chemicals and water which breaks wood into its components, thus facilitating the extraction of cellulose.
  8. noun A liquid in which something has been steeped.
  9. verb (intransitive) To drink liquor, usually to excess.
  10. verb (transitive) To cause someone to drink liquor, usually to excess.
  11. verb (obsolete, transitive) To grease.

Synonyms

beverage beveridge drink libation potable potation stock pot liquor broth bouillon spirits booze hard liquor hard drink strong drink aqua vitae water of life adult beverage alcohol bevvy John Barleycorn pot likker

Etymology

From Middle English licour, from Anglo-Norman licour, from Latin liquor (“fluidity, liquidness, a fluid, a liquid”), from liquere (“to be fluid or liquid”); see liquid. Doublet of liqueur.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun Any liquid substance, as water, milk, blood, sap, juice, or the like.
  2. noun Specifically, alcoholic or spirituous fluid, either distilled or fermented, as brandy, wine, whisky, beer, etc.
  3. verb To supply with liquor. [R.]
  4. verb To grease. [Obs.] Bacon.

Etymology [OE. licour, licur, OF. licur, F. liqueur, fr. L. liquor, fr. liquere to be liquid. See Liquid, and cf. Liqueur.]

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

Sanskrit

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