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

official

/əˈfɪʃəl/ adjective, noun

Forms officials

  1. adjective Of or about an office or public trust. “official duties”
  2. adjective Derived from the proper office or officer, or the appropriate authority; made or communicated by authority “an official statement or report”
  3. adjective Approved by authority; authorized. “The Official Strategy Guide”
  4. adjective (Of a statement) Dubious but recognized by authorities as the truth or canon. “Despite these testimonies, "accidental asphyxiation" remains his official cause of death.”
  5. adjective (pharmacology) Sanctioned by the pharmacopoeia; appointed to be used in medicine; officinal. “an official drug or preparation”
  6. adjective Discharging an office or function.
  7. adjective Relating to an office, especially a subordinate executive officer or attendant.
  8. adjective Relating to an ecclesiastical judge appointed by a bishop, chapter, archdeacon, etc., with charge of the spiritual jurisdiction.
  9. noun An office holder, a person holding an official position in government, sports, or other organization. “Officials in the Firefly administration assure the Sylvanians they don't want war either.”

Synonyms

approved recognized sanctioned decreed functionary prescribed

Antonyms

unofficial

Etymology

From Middle English official, from Old French official, from Latin officiālis, from Latin officium (“duty, service”), by surface analysis, office + -ial.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Of or pertaining to an office or public trust; as, official duties, or routine.
  2. adjective Derived from the proper office or officer, or from the proper authority; made or communicated by virtue of authority; as, an official statement or report.
  3. noun One who holds an office; esp., a subordinate executive officer or attendant.
  4. noun An ecclesiastical judge appointed by a bishop, chapter, archdeacon, etc., with charge of the spiritual jurisdiction.

Etymology [L. officialis: cf. F. officiel. See Office, and cf. Official, n.]

Etymology [L. officialis a magistrate's servant or attendant: cf.F. official. See Official, a., and cf. Officer.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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