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

palate

/ˈpæl.ət/ noun, verb

Forms palates palating palated

  1. noun (zoology) A part associated with the mouth of certain invertebrates, somewhat analogous to the palate of vertebrates.
  2. noun (entomology, rare) The hypopharynx of an insect.
  3. noun (botany) A projection in the throat of certain bilabiate flowers as the snapdragon.
  4. noun (cooking, historical) The palate of an animal, as an item of food.
  5. noun (figuratively) A person's ability to distinguish between and appreciate different flavors.
  6. noun (figuratively) Mental relish; a liking or affinity for something.
  7. noun Taste or flavour, especially with reference to wine or other alcoholic drinks.
  8. noun (obsolete) A dainty article of food.
  9. verb (transitive, nonstandard) To relish; to find palatable.

Synonyms

uraniscus stomach roof of the mouth

Etymology

From Middle English palate, from Latin palātum (“roof of the mouth, palate”), perhaps of Etruscan origin.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The roof of the mouth.
  2. noun Relish; taste; liking; --a sense originating in the mistaken notion that the palate is the organ of taste.
  3. verb To perceive by the taste. [Obs.] Shak.

Etymology [L. palatum: cf. F. palais, Of. also palat.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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