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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partnership

UK /ˈpɑːtnəʃɪp/ · US /ˈpɑɹtnɚʃɪp/ noun

Forms partnerships

  1. noun The state of being associated with a partner. “scientists working in close partnership with colleagues overseas”
  2. noun An association of two or more people to conduct a business. “forge a partnership”
  3. noun (cricket) The period when two specific batsmen are batting, from the fall of one wicket until the fall of the next; the number of runs scored during this period.

Etymology

From partner + -ship. Cognate with West Frisian partnerskip (“partnership”), Dutch partnerschap (“partnership”), Low German Partnerschop (“partnership”), German Partnerschaft (“partnership”), Danish partnerskab (“partnership”), Danish partnerskab (“partnership”), Norwegian Bokmål partnerskap (“partnership”), Norwegian Nynorsk partnerskap (“partnership”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The state or condition of being a partner; as, to be in partnership with another; to have partnership in the fortunes of a family or a state.
  2. noun A division or sharing among partners; joint possession or interest.

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

Sanskrit

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