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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mishap

/ˈmɪshæp/ noun, verb

Forms mishaps mishapping mishapped

  1. noun An accident, mistake, or problem. “Since the mishap with the banana peel, he watches his step.”
  2. noun Ill luck; misfortune; mischance.
  3. verb (archaic, intransitive) To happen through misfortune; to mishappen.

Synonyms

adversity contretemps misluck adverseness bad cess bad luck disadventure hard luck ill luck illfare misadventure mischance misfortune tough luck unfortunateness unluck unluckiness

Antonyms

fortuity goodhap

Etymology

From Middle English mishap, myshappe, myssehappe, equivalent to mis- + hap.

From Middle English mishappen, equivalent to mis- + hap.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun Evil accident; ill luck; misfortune; mischance. Chaucer.
  2. verb To happen unluckily; --used impersonally. [Obs.] "If that me mishap." Chaucer.

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

Sanskrit

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