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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optics

UK /ˈɒptɪks/ · US /ˈɑptɪks/ noun

Also a form of optic

Forms opticks

  1. noun (physics) The physics of light and vision: basic optical science. “a PhD in the optics of liquid crystals”
  2. noun Technology that makes use of such physics: applied optical science; business lines making use of such technology. “defense R&D investments in both optics and electronics”
  3. noun The light-related aspects of a device. “the optics of liquid crystals under certain laboratory conditions”
  4. noun (figuratively) Perception, image, public relations, especially in politics. “His policy prescription was sound, but the optics were horrible.”

Synonyms

appearances spectacle theatrics choreography

Etymology

From Medieval Latin opticus (“optic, optical”), from Ancient Greek ὀπτικός (optikós), equivalent to optic + -ics.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun That branch of physical science which treats of the nature and properties of light, the laws of its modification by opaque and transparent bodies, and the phenomena of vision.

Etymology [Cf. F. optique, L. optice, Gr. Optic.]

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

Sanskrit

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