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

placer

/ˈpleɪsə(ɹ)/ noun, adjective, proper noun

Forms placers

  1. noun One who places or arranges something.
  2. noun (slang) One who deals in stolen goods; a fence.
  3. noun (gambling, in combination) A horse, etc. that finishes in a particular place in a race.
  4. noun (ethology, sheep, Australia, New Zealand) A lamb whose mother has died and which has transferred its attachment to an object, such as a bush or rock, in the locality.
  5. adjective (mining) alluvial; occurring in a deposit of sand or earth on a river-bed or bank, particularly with reference to precious metals such as gold or silver
  6. noun A place where the superficial detritus is washed for gold, etc.
  7. noun (by extension) Any place holding treasures.
  8. proper noun A barangay of Benito Soliven, Isabela, Philippines.
  9. proper noun A municipality of Masbate, Philippines.
  10. proper noun A barangay of Talalora, Samar, Philippines.
  11. proper noun A municipality of Surigao del Norte, Philippines.

Synonyms

fence receiver

Etymology

From place + -er (agent noun suffix).

From place + -er (suffix apparently denoting association).

From American Spanish placer, from earlier placel, apparently from obsolete Portuguese placel.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun One who places or sets. Spenser.
  2. noun A deposit of earth, sand, or gravel, containing valuable mineral in particles, especially by the side of a river, or in the bed of a mountain torrent. [U.S.]

Etymology [Sp.]

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

Sanskrit

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