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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mosaic

UK /məʊˈzeɪk/ · US /moʊˈzeɪ.ɪk/ noun, adjective, verb

Forms mosaics mosaicking mosaicing mosaicked mosaiced mosaick musaic

  1. noun A piece of artwork created by placing colored pieces (usually tiles, either regular or irregular in shape) in a pattern so as to create a picture.
  2. noun Pixelization. (a method of censorship)
  3. noun (genetics) An individual composed of two or more cell lines of different genetic or chromosomal constitution, but from the same zygote.
  4. noun (phytopathology) Any of several viral diseases that cause mosaic-like patterns to appear on leaves.
  5. noun A composite picture made from overlapping photographs.
  6. noun (figurative) Any composite structure made from diverse elements.
  7. adjective (of an individual) Containing cells of varying genetic constitution.
  8. verb (transitive) To arrange in a mosaic.
  9. adjective Pertaining to Moses, or the writings and traditions attributed to him. “Mosaic law”

Synonyms

arial mosaic photomosaic

Etymology

From Middle French mosaïque, from Italian mosaico, from Medieval Latin musaicum, from Late Latin musivum (opus), from Latin museum, musaeum, probably from Ancient Greek Μουσεῖον (Mouseîon), shrine of the Muses (Μοῦσα (Moûsa)). Doublet of museum.

From Middle French mosaïque, moysaique, and its source, post-classical Latin Mosaicus (5th century), from Latin Moses, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew מֹשֶׁה (mōšê).

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A surface decoration made by inlaying in patterns small pieces of variously colored glass, stone, or other material; --called also mosaic work.
  2. noun A picture or design made in mosaic; an article decorated in mosaic.
  3. adjective Of or pertaining to the style of work called mosaic; formed by uniting pieces of different colors; variegated; tessellated; also, composed of various materials or ingredients.
  4. adjective Of or pertaining to Moses, the leader of the Israelites, or established through his agency; as, the Mosaic law, rites, or institutions.

Etymology [F. mosaïque; cf. Pr. mozaic, musec, Sp. & Pg. mosaico, It. mosaico, musaico, LGr. musivum; all fr. Gr. Muse the goddess.]

Etymology [From Moses.]

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

Sanskrit

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