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

astringent

/əˈstɹɪn.d͡ʒənt/ noun, adjective

Forms astringents adstringent

  1. noun A substance which draws tissue together, thus restricting the flow of blood.
  2. adjective Extremely sour, bitter.
  3. adjective Sharp, caustic, severe.
  4. adjective Causing a dry or puckering mouthfeel; characteristic of foods with high tannin content, such as certain kinds of berries and citrus fruits.
  5. adjective (medicine) Having the effect of drawing tissue together; styptic.

Synonyms

smectic astringent drug styptic acerb acerbic

Antonyms

nonastringent

Etymology

From Latin adstringere (“to bind fast”), from ad (“toward”) + stringere (“bind, pull tight”). Compare stringent.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Drawing together the tissues; binding; contracting; --opposed to laxative; as, astringent medicines; a butter and astringent taste; astringent fruit.
  2. adjective Stern; austere; as, an astringent type of virtue.
  3. noun A medicine or other substance that produces contraction in the soft organic textures, and checks discharges of blood, mucus, etc. External astringents are called styptics. Dunglison.

Etymology [L. astringens, p. pr. of astringere: cf. F. astringent. See Astringe.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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