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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northeast

/noːˈθɪjst/ noun, adjective, adverb, proper noun

Forms northeasts further northeast farther northeast furthest northeast farthest northeast the Northeast north-east nor'-east NE North East

  1. noun The intercardinal compass point halfway between north and east; specifically at a bearing of 45°.
  2. adjective Of, in or pertaining to the northeast; northeastern.
  3. adjective Situated toward or in the direction of the northeast; northeastward; northeasterly. “a northeast course”
  4. adjective Coming from the northeast; northeasterly. “a northeast wind”
  5. adverb Towards the direction of the northeast; northeastwards. “We are travelling northeast at the moment.”
  6. proper noun (US) The northeastern region of the contiguous United States including New England and the Mid-Atlantic states, sometimes inclusive of Maryland, Delaware, Washington, DC, Virginia and West Virginia.
  7. proper noun (China) The northeastern provinces of Heilongjiang, Jilin, and Liaoning in China.
  8. proper noun (India) The northeastern region of India including Assam and its surrounding states.
  9. proper noun A township in Adams County, Illinois.
  10. proper noun A township in Orange County, Indiana.
  11. proper noun A defined community in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
  12. proper noun A section in Billings, Montana.
  13. proper noun A quadrant in Washington, D.C..

Synonyms

US Manchuria Inner Manchuria Seven Sisters Seven Sister States nor'-east northeastward NE northeastern United States northeastern northeasterly north-east

Antonyms

southwest

Etymology

From Middle English northest, from Old English norþēast, equivalent to north + east.

By proprialization from northeast.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The point between the north and east, at an equal distance from each; the northeast part or region.
  2. adjective Of or pertaining to the northeast; proceeding toward the northeast, or coming from that point; as, a northeast course; a northeast wind. Northeast passage, a passage or communication by sea between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans along the north coast of Asia.
  3. adverb Toward the northeast.

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

Sanskrit

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