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

abstinence

/ˈæb.stɪ.nəns/ noun

Forms abstinences abstinency

  1. noun The act or practice of abstaining, refraining from indulging a desire or appetite.
  2. noun Specifically, the practice of abstaining from intoxicating/alcoholic beverages; total abstinence; teetotalism).
  3. noun Specifically, the practice of abstaining from sexual intercourse, either permanently or until marriage. “Abstinence is the only 100% guaranteed contraception.”
  4. noun (ecclesiastical) Abstention from certain foods on days of penitential observance.
  5. noun The practice of self-denial; self-restraint; forebearance from anything.
  6. noun (obsolete) Self-denial; abstaining; or forebearance of anything.
  7. noun (business) Delay of spending to accrue capital.

Synonyms

abstention abstentiousness abstemiousness temperance

Etymology

From Middle English abstinence, from Old French abstinence, from Latin abstinentia, from abstinēns, present participle of abstineō (“to withhold”). Equivalent to abstain + -ence.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The act or practice of abstaining; voluntary forbearance of any action, especially the refraining from an indulgence of appetite, or from customary gratifications of animal or sensual propensities.
  2. noun The practice of self-denial by depriving one's self of certain kinds of food or drink, especially of meat.

Etymology [F. abstinence, L. abstinentia, fr. abstinere. See Abstain.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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