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

observant

UK /əbˈzɜːvənt/ · US /əbˈzɝvənt/ adjective, noun

Forms Observants

  1. adjective Alert and paying close attention; watchful. “The observant police officer noticed that my tax disk was out-of-date.”
  2. adjective Diligently attentive in observing a law, custom, duty or principle; regardful; mindful. “I was normally observant of the local parking restrictions.”
  3. adjective Practicing a religion. “She is an observant Catholic who goes to church regularly.”
  4. noun A member of a Franciscan order that strictly observes the rules of St. Francis.

Synonyms

pious practicing religionary Allah-fearing devout devoutful frum godfearing heavenly-minded inward godly piteous sainted sanctimonious Observantine observing law-abiding

Antonyms

inobservant nonobservant unobservant unobserving

Etymology

Borrowed from French observant.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Taking notice; viewing or noticing attentively; watchful; attentive; as, an observant spectator; observant habits.
  2. adjective Submissively attentive; obediently watchful; regardful; mindful; obedient (to); --with of, as, to be observant of rules.
  3. noun One who observes forms and rules. [Obs.] Hooker.
  4. noun A sycophantic servant. [Obs.]

Etymology [L. observans, -anits, p. pr. of observare: cf. F. observant. See Observe.]

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

Sanskrit

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