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.

English Dictionary · 107,383 entries · Sources & licences

multiplicity

/ˌmʌltɪˈplɪsɪti/ noun

Forms multiplicities

  1. noun The state of being made of multiple diverse elements.
  2. noun A large indeterminate number.
  3. noun (mathematics) The number of values for which a given condition holds.
  4. noun (software engineering, UML) The number of instances that can occur on a given end of a relationship.
  5. noun (statistical mechanics) The number of microstates associated with a given macrostate.
  6. noun (psychology) The condition whereby a person displays or experiences multiple distinct personalities or selves in one body.

Synonyms

manifoldness manyhood manyness morefold multeity multipleness nonunity numerousness abundance battalion arseload assload bellyload boatload brimful busload bucketful bucketload butt-ton bumload numerosity

Etymology

Derived from Latin multiplicitas.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The quality of being multiple, manifold, or various; a state of being many; a multitude; as, a multiplicity of thoughts or objects.

Etymology [Cf. F. multiplicité.]

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

Sanskrit

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