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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novel

UK /ˈnɒvəl/ · US /ˈnɑvəl/ adjective, noun

Forms novels

  1. adjective Newly made, formed or evolved; having no precedent; of recent origin; new.
  2. adjective Original, especially in an interesting way; new and striking; not of the typical or ordinary type.
  3. noun A work of prose fiction, longer than a novella.
  4. noun (historical) A fable; a short tale, especially one of many making up a larger work.
  5. noun (obsolete) A novelty; something new.
  6. noun (Roman and Byzantine law, historical) A new legal constitution.

Synonyms

new all-new brand new brand spanking new cherry fresh freshly made green hot mint nascent newish new-laid pristine red-hot unused verdurous virgin virginal youthful refreshing

Etymology

From Middle English novel, from Old French novel (“new, fresh, recent, recently made or done, strange, rare”) (modern nouvel, nouveau), from Latin novellus (“new, fresh, young, modern”), diminutive of novus (“new”). Doublet of nouveau.

Borrowed from Italian novella, from Latin novella, feminine of novellus. Doublet of novella.

From Middle English novel, from Old French novelle, from Latin novella, feminine of novellus.

Borrowed from Latin novella, feminine of novellus.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Of recent origin or introduction; not ancient; new; hence, out of the ordinary course; unusual; strange; surprising.
  2. noun That which is new or unusual; a novelty.
  3. noun pl.

Etymology [OF. novel, nuvel, F. nouvel, nouveau, L. novellus, dim. of novus new. See New.]

Etymology [F. nouvelle. See Novel, a.]

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

Sanskrit

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