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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arbiter

UK /ˈɑː.bɪ.tə(ɹ)/ · US /ˈɑɹ.bɪ.tɚ/ noun, verb

Forms arbiters arbitering arbitered

  1. noun A person appointed, or chosen, by parties to determine a controversy between them; an arbitrator.
  2. noun (with of) A person or object having the power of judging, determining, or ordaining; one whose power of deciding and governing is not limited. “Television and film, not Vogue and similar magazines, are the arbiters of fashion.”
  3. noun (electronics) A component in circuitry that allocates scarce resources.
  4. noun (chess) The person who oversees a chess match and ensures the rules are followed.
  5. verb (transitive) To act as an arbiter.

Synonyms

supreme authority arbitrator umpire

Etymology

From Middle English arbiter, arbytour, arbitre, from Old French arbitre, from Latin arbiter (“a witness, judge, literally one who goes to see”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A person appointed, or chosen, by parties to determine a controversy between them.
  2. noun Any person who has the power of judging and determining, or ordaining, without control; one whose power of deciding and governing is not limited.
  3. verb To act as arbiter between. [Obs.]

Etymology [L. arbiter; ar- (for ad) + the root of betere to go; hence properly, one who comes up to look on.]

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

Sanskrit

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