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

mechanic

/mɪˈkænɪk/ adjective, noun, proper noun

Forms mechanics mechanick

  1. adjective (archaic) mechanical; relating to mechanics or the laws of motion in physics
  2. adjective (archaic) mechanical; precise but lifeless, as if performed by machine
  3. adjective (obsolete) Of or relating to a mechanic or artificer, or to the class of artisans; hence, rude; common; vulgar; base.
  4. noun (now chiefly historical) A manual worker; a labourer or artisan.
  5. noun Someone who builds or repairs machinery, a technician; now specifically, someone who works with and repairs the mechanical parts of a motor vehicle, aircraft or similar.
  6. noun A device, method or means; a function.
  7. noun (video games, tabletop games) A function, rule or other implementation that dictates gameplay; a ludeme, a feature. “This game has a mechanic where if you run toward a ledge you automatically jump off rather than just falling.”
  8. noun (slang) A hitman.
  9. noun (gambling) A cheat who manipulates the cards or dice.
  10. proper noun A surname.

Synonyms

grease monkey machinist shop mechanic automobile mechanic auto-mechanic car-mechanic

Etymology

From Middle English mekanyk (“mechanical”), from Old French mecanique, from Latin mechanicus (“of or belonging to machines or mechanics, inventive”), from Ancient Greek μηχανικός (mēkhanikós, “pertaining to machines or contrivance, mechanic, ingenious, inventive”), from μηχανή (mēkhanḗ, “a machine, contrivance”); see machine.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The art of the application of the laws of motion or force to construction. [Obs.]
  2. noun A mechanician; an artisan; an artificer; one who practices any mechanic art; one skilled or employed in shaping and uniting materials, as wood, metal, etc., into any kind of structure, machine, or other object, requiring the use of tools, or instruments.
  3. adjective Having to do woth the application of the laws of motion in the art of constructing or making things; of or pertaining to mechanics; mechanical; as, the mechanic arts. "These mechanic philosophers." Ray.
  4. adjective Of or pertaining to a mechanic or artificer, or to the class of artisans; hence, rude; common; vulgar.

Etymology [F. mécanique mechanics. See Mechanic, a.]

Etymology [F. mécanique, L. mechanicus, Gr. Machine.]

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

Sanskrit

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