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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athlete

UK /ˈæθ.liːt/ · US /ˈæθ.lit/ noun

Forms athletes

  1. noun A participant in any of a group of sporting activities including track and field, road running, cross country running and racewalking.
  2. noun (US, Canada) A person who actively participates in physical sports, especially with great skill; a sportsperson. “She's the first athlete in her sport to obtain a corporate sponsor.”
  3. noun An exceptionally physically fit person.

Synonyms

sportsperson competitor jock pro sportsman sportswoman

Antonyms

nonathlete

Etymology

From Middle English athlete, from Latin āthlēta (and probably also partly from Middle French athlete), from Ancient Greek ἀθλητής (athlētḗs), from ἀθλέω (athléō, “compete for a prize”), from ἆθλον (âthlon, “prize”) or ἆθλος (âthlos, “competition”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun One who contended for a prize in the public games of ancient Greece or Rome.
  2. noun Any one trained to contend in exercises requiring great physical agility and strength; one who has great activity and strength; a champion.

Etymology [L. athleta, Gr. wed: cf. F. athlète.]

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

Sanskrit

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