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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pander

/ˈpændə/ noun, verb

Also a form of pandar

Forms panders pandering pandered pandar

  1. noun A person who furthers the illicit love-affairs of others; a pimp or procurer.
  2. noun An offer of illicit sex with a third party.
  3. noun An illicit or illegal offer, usually to tempt.
  4. noun (by extension) One who ministers to the evil designs and passions of another.
  5. verb (intransitive) To tempt with, to appeal or cater to (improper motivations, etc.); to assist in gratification. “His latest speech panders to the worst instincts of the electorate.”
  6. verb (transitive) To offer (something or someone) in order to tempt or appeal, especially to base or improper motivations.
  7. verb (intransitive) To offer illicit sex with a third party; to pimp.
  8. verb (transitive, obsolete) To act as a pander for (somebody).

Synonyms

panderer abbot bludger bully cock-bawd dalaal fishmonger flashman fleshmonger hoon hustler mackerel mack mack daddy muttonmonger nookie-bookie pandar pimp pussymonger ruffian procurer fancy man ponce gratify indulge procure

Etymology

From Middle English pandare, from Chaucer’s character Pandare (in Troilus and Criseyde; see also Shakespeare’s Troilus and Cressida), from Italian Pandaro (found in Boccaccio), from Latin Pandarus (found in Greek mythology), from Ancient Greek Πάνδαρος (Pándaros).

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A male bawd; a pimp; a procurer.
  2. noun Hence, one who ministers to the evil designs and passions of another.
  3. verb To play the pander for.
  4. verb To act the part of a pander.

Etymology [From Pandarus, a leader in the Trojan army, who is represented by Chaucer and Shakespeare as having procured for Troilus the possession of Cressida.]

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

Sanskrit

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