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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northwest

UK /nɔːθˈwɛst/ · US /nɔɹθˈwɛst/ noun, adjective, adverb, proper noun

Forms northwests further northwest farther northwest furthest northwest farthest northwest the Northwest north-west nor'-west NW

  1. noun The intercardinal compass point halfway between west and north; specifically at a bearing of 315°.
  2. adjective Of, in or pertaining to the northwest; northwestern.
  3. adjective Situated toward or in the direction of the northwest; northwestward; northwesterly. “a northwest course”
  4. adjective Coming from the northwest; northwesterly. “a northwest wind”
  5. adverb Towards or in the direction of the northwest; northwestwards. “We are travelling northwest at the moment.”
  6. proper noun Any of various particular regions named for the cardinal direction in which they lie.
  7. proper noun (US) The northwestern region of the contiguous United States, including the Pacific Northwest.

Synonyms

northwestern United States nor'-west northwestward NW northwestern northwesterly north-west

Antonyms

southeast

Etymology

From Middle English northwest, from Old English norþwest, equivalent to north + west.

By proprialization from northwest.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The point in the horizon between the north and west, and equally distant from each; the northwest part or region.
  2. adjective Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the point between the north and west; being in the northwest; toward the northwest, or coming from the northwest; as, the northwest coast.
  3. adjective Coming from the northwest; as, a northwest wind. Northwest passage, a passage or communication by sea between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans along the north coast of America, long sought for by navigators.
  4. adverb Toward the northwest.

Etymology [AS. noredhwest.]

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

Sanskrit

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