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

parietal

/pəˈɹaɪ.ə.təl/ adjective, noun

Forms parietals

  1. adjective (anatomy) Of or relating to the wall of a body part, organ or cavity. “Hydrochloric acid is secreted by the parietal cells of the gastric glands, located on the wall of the fundus of the stomach.”
  2. adjective (anatomy) Of or relating to the parietal bones.
  3. adjective Of or relating to college living and, especially, its regulation.
  4. adjective (botany) Attached to the main wall of the ovary, and not to the axis; said of a placenta.
  5. noun (anatomy) Either of the two parietal bones, on the top and side of the skull.
  6. noun Any of the scales of a snake that are located on the head and connected to the frontals towards the posterior.
  7. noun (archaeology) A flat Roman wall tile with roughened surface, used as a base for plasterwork.
  8. noun (informal) Dormitory rules governing visits from members of the opposite sex.

Etymology

From Latin parietālis, from pariēs (“wall”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Of or pertaining to a wall; hence, pertaining to buildings or the care of them.
  2. adjective Resident within the walls or buildings of a college.
  3. noun One of the parietal bones.
  4. noun One of the special scales, or plates, covering the back of the head in certain reptiles and fishes.

Etymology [L. parietalis, fr. paries, -ietis, a wall: cf. F. pariétal. Cf. Parietary, Pellitory.]

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

Sanskrit

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