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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minority

UK /maɪˈnɒɹ.ɪ.ti/ · US /maɪˈnoɹ.ɪ.ti/ noun, adjective

Forms minorities

  1. noun The state or condition of being smaller, inferior, or subordinate to something or someone else; lesserness.
  2. noun The state of being a minor; youth, the period of a person's life prior to reaching adulthood.
  3. noun Any subgroup that does not form a numerical majority. “Most people agreed, but a sizable minority were upset by the decision.”
  4. noun (US) A member of an ethnic minority. “The company claims it has hired several minorities since the complaint was lodged.”
  5. noun (sociology) A group of people seen as distinct who are subordinated and discriminated against in a society.
  6. noun (India, euphemistic) A Muslim.
  7. adjective (relational, attributive) Of or relating to a minority. “They hold a minority interest in the company.”
  8. adjective (attributive, politics, of a party, government, etc.) Empowered by or representing a minority (usually a plurality) of votes cast, legislative seats, etc., rather than an outright majority thereof.

Synonyms

childhood nonage

Antonyms

adulthood majority

Etymology

From Late Middle English minoritie, from Middle French minorité, and its source Late Latin minōritās, from Latin minor. Morphologically minor + -ity.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The state of being a minor, or under age.
  2. noun State of being less or small. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Etymology [Cf. F. minorité. See Minor, a. & n.]

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

Sanskrit

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