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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menagerie

/məˈnæd͡ʒəɹi/ noun

Forms menageries

  1. noun A collection of live wild animals as an exhibition historically associated with the aristocracy and considered a precursor of modern zoos.
  2. noun The enclosure where they are kept.
  3. noun A diverse or miscellaneous group.
  4. noun (obsolete, slang) The orchestra of a theatre.

Synonyms

zoo zoological garden assortment motley crew hodgepodge melange

Etymology

From French ménagerie, derived from ménager (“to keep house”), household. Housekeeping used to include taking care of domestic animals.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A piace where animals are kept and trained.
  2. noun A collection of wild or exotic animals, kept for exhibition.

Etymology [F. ménagerie, fr. ménager to keep house, ménage household. See Menial, Mansion.]

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

Sanskrit

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