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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auricular

UK /ɔːˈɹɪk.jʊl.ə/ · US /ɔˈɹɪk.jə.lɚ/ adjective, noun

Forms auriculars

  1. adjective (relational) Of or pertaining to the ear.
  2. adjective (anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the sense of hearing. “The auricular nerves were damaged.”
  3. adjective Told to the ear; told privately. “auricular confession to the priest”
  4. adjective Recognized by the ear; understood by the sense of hearing. “auricular evidence”
  5. adjective (anatomy, relational) Pertaining to the auricles of the heart.
  6. adjective (art, relational) Pertaining to a style of ornamental decoration, originating in Northern Europe in the first half of the 17th century, that uses softly flowing abstract shapes in relief some of which bear a resemblance to the human ear; commonly used in silverware, picture frames, and architecture.
  7. noun The little finger, the outermost and smallest finger of the hand.
  8. noun (humorous) The ear.

Synonyms

otic auditory aural ear finger fourth finger little finger mercurial finger pinkie

Etymology

Late Middle English, borrowed from Late Latin auriculāris, from auricula (“the external ear; the ear”) + -āris (“-ar”, adjectival suffix); equivalent to auricle + -ar. Doublet of auricularis.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Of or pertaining to the ear, or to the sense of hearing; as, auricular nerves.
  2. adjective Told in the ear, i. e., told privately; as, auricular confession to the priest.

Etymology [LL. auricularis: cf. F. auriculaire. See Auricle.]

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

Sanskrit

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