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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patrician

/pəˈtɹɪʃən/ noun, adjective

Forms patricians patritian

  1. noun (Ancient Rome) A member of any of the families constituting the populus Romanus, or body of Roman citizens, before the development of the plebeian order; later, one who, by right of birth or by special privilege conferred, belonged to the senior class of Romans, who, with certain property, had by right a seat in the Roman Senate.
  2. noun A person of high birth; a nobleman. “The emperor elevated several loyal families to the status of patricians.”
  3. noun One familiar with the works of the Christian Fathers; one versed in patristic lore or life.
  4. adjective Of or pertaining to the Roman patres (“fathers”) or senators, or patricians.
  5. adjective Of or pertaining to a person of high birth; noble; not plebeian; aristocratic.
  6. adjective Characteristic of or appropriate to a person of high birth; classy.
  7. adjective Politically active to help people in lower classes, especially in a patronizing or condescending way.
  8. adjective Of or relating to Saint Patrick.

Synonyms

aristocrat blue blood aristocratic aristocratical blue blue-blooded gentle

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French patricien, from Latin patricius, derived from patrēs cōnscrīptī (“Roman senators”).
May also have been derived from Latin patricius + -ian

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Of or pertaining to the Roman patres (fathers) or senators, or patricians.
  2. adjective Of, pertaining to, or appropriate to, a person of high birth; noble; not plebeian.
  3. noun Originally, a member of any of the families constituting the populus Romanus, or body of Roman citizens, before the development of the plebeian order; later, one who, by right of birth or by special privilege conferred, belonged to the nobility.
  4. noun A person of high birth; a nobleman.

Etymology [L. patricius, fr. patres fathers or senators, pl. of pater: cf. F. patricien. See Paternal.]

Etymology [L. patricius: cf. F. patricien.]

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