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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marker

/ˈmɑː(ɹ)kə(ɹ)/ noun, verb

Forms markers markering markered

  1. noun A felt-tipped pen, a marker pen. “Don't use the permanent marker on the whiteboard.”
  2. noun A scorekeeper, especially one who tallies billiard scores.
  3. noun (paintball) A device that fires a paintball.
  4. noun Someone or something used to mark a position or amount, particularly
  5. noun A real or virtual objective, something to be aimed for.
  6. noun (film, theater) A location on a stage or set where an actor is to stand or move to during a scene, usually indicated by a small X design placed on the floor.
  7. noun A direction issued by a camera operator for actors to be on their locations in readiness for a take.
  8. noun (US, slang) Synonym of IOU, an informal record of a debt.
  9. verb To mark or write on (something) using a marker

Synonyms

IOU marking mark

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun One who or that which marks. Specifically: (a) One who keeps account of a game played, as of billiards.

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

Sanskrit

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