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

abortive

UK /əˈbɔː.tɪv/ · US /əˈbɔɹ.tɪv/ adjective, noun, verb

Forms abortives abortiving abortived

  1. adjective (obsolete) Produced by abortion; born prematurely and therefore unnatural. “an abortive child”
  2. adjective Coming to nothing; failing in its effect. . “an abortive attempt”
  3. adjective (biology) Imperfectly formed or developed; rudimentary; sterile. “an abortive organ”
  4. adjective (medicine, pharmacology, rare) Causing abortion; abortifacient.
  5. adjective (medicine) Cutting short; acting to halt or slow the progress (of a disease). “abortive treatment of typhoid fever”
  6. adjective (medicine, of a disease) Having a short and mild progression, without pronounced symptoms.
  7. adjective Made from the skin of a still-born animal. “abortive vellum”
  8. noun (obsolete) Someone or something born or brought forth prematurely; an abortion.
  9. noun (obsolete) A fruitless effort.
  10. noun (obsolete) A medicine that causes abortion, an abortifacient.
  11. noun (obsolete) A medicine or treatment acting to halt or slow the progress of a disease.
  12. verb (transitive, obsolete) To cause an abortion; to render without fruit.

Synonyms

miscarrying fruitless unsuccessful useless stillborn

Etymology

First attested in 1382, with the meaning "causing stillbirth or miscarriage". From Middle English abortif, from Old French abortif, from Latin abortīvus (“causing abortion”), from aborior (“miscarry, disappear”), from ab (“amiss”) + orior (“appear, be born, arise”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Produced by abortion; born prematurely; as, an abortive child.
  2. adjective Made from the skin of a still-born animal; as, abortive vellum.
  3. noun That which is born or brought forth prematurely; an abortion.
  4. noun A fruitless effort or issue. [Obs.]

Etymology [L. abortivus, fr. aboriri. See Abort, v.]

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

Sanskrit

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