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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machinery

/məˈʃiːnəɹi/ noun

Forms machineries

  1. noun The machines constituting a production apparatus, in a plant etc., collectively.
  2. noun The working parts of a machine as a group.
  3. noun The collective parts of something which allow it to function. “All of the machinery of the law was brought to bear on the investigation.”
  4. noun (figuratively) The literary devices used in a work, notably for dramatic effect.

Etymology

From machine + -ery. Compare French machinerie.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun Machines, in general, or collectively.
  2. noun The working parts of a machine, engine, or instrument; as, the machinery of a watch.

Etymology [From Machine: cf. F. machinerie.]

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

Sanskrit

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