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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mixture

UK /ˈmɪkstʃə/ · US /ˈmɪkst͡ʃɚ/ noun

Forms mixtures

  1. noun The act of mixing. “The mixture of sulphuric acid and water produces heat.”
  2. noun Something produced by mixing. “An alloy is a mixture of two metals.”
  3. noun Something that consists of diverse elements. “The day was a mixture of sunshine and showers.”
  4. noun A medicinal compound, typically a suspension of a solid in a solution “A teaspoonful of the mixture to be taken three times daily after meals”
  5. noun (music) A compound organ stop.
  6. noun A cloth of variegated colouring.
  7. noun (India, Sri Lanka) A mix of different dry foods as a snack, especially chevda or Bombay mix.

Synonyms

amalgam stew admixture alloy blend bouillabaisse cocktail combination combo composite composition compound medley melange ming mix muddle concoction intermixture assortment mixed bag miscellany miscellanea variety salmagundi smorgasbord potpourri motley commixture mixing

Antonyms

non-mixture simple

Etymology

From Middle English, borrowed from Old French misture, from Latin mixtūra (“a mixing”), from mixtus, perfect passive participle of misceō (“mix”); compare mix.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The act of mixing, or the state of being mixed; as, made by a mixture of ingredients. Hooker.
  2. noun That which results from mixing different ingredients together; a compound; as, to drink a mixture of molasses and water; --also, a medley.

Etymology [L. mixtura, fr. miscere, mixtum, to mix: cf. F. mixture. See Mix.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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