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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personal

UK /ˈpɜː.sə.nəl/ · US /ˈpɜɹ.sə.nəl/ adjective, noun

Forms personals personall

  1. adjective Pertaining to persons (human beings as opposed to things or animals).
  2. adjective Of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals “personal values; personal desire”
  3. adjective Dealing with subjects about which one wishes (or people usually wish) to maintain privacy or discretion; not for public view; sensitive, intimate. “personal reasons”
  4. adjective (euphemistic) Intended for sexual use. “personal lubricant; personal massager”
  5. adjective Pertaining to the external or bodily appearance; corporeal; bodily. “personal charms”
  6. adjective Done in person; without an intermediary. “a personal interview”
  7. adjective Relating to an individual, their character, conduct, motives, or private affairs, in an invidious and offensive manner “personal reflections or remarks”
  8. adjective (grammar) Of a noun or pronoun, having reference particular to humans and other entities having personality such as a named animal, a deity, a personification, etc.
  9. noun (chiefly in the plural) An advertisement by which an individual attempts to meet others with similar interests.
  10. noun One's own property or asset

Antonyms

impersonal

Etymology

From Middle English personal, personele, from Anglo-Norman personel, personal, personell, Old French personal, personel, from Late Latin persōnālis (“of a person, personly”), equivalent to person + -al. Doublet of personnel.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Pertaining to human beings as distinct from things.
  2. adjective Of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals; peculiar or proper to private concerns; not public or general; as, personal comfort; personal desire.
  3. noun A movable; a chattel.

Etymology [L. personalis: cf. F. personnel.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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