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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plebeian

/pliˈbiːən/ noun, adjective

Forms plebeians plebian plebeyan plebean plebeane plebien

  1. noun (historical, Ancient Rome) A member of the plebs, the common citizens of ancient Rome.
  2. noun A commoner, particularly (derogatory) a low, vulgar person.
  3. adjective (historical) Of or concerning the plebs, the common citizens of ancient Rome.
  4. adjective Of or concerning the common people.
  5. adjective Common, particularly (derogatory) vulgar, crude, coarse, uncultured.

Synonyms

commoner pleb plebe villain peasant nobody of pertaining to the common people common vulgar unwashed

Antonyms

patrician noble aristocrat aristocratic

Etymology

From Latin plēbēius (“a commoner; common”) + -an (adjective-forming suffix), from Latin plēbēs + -ius (adjective-forming suffix), possibly under the influence of Middle French plebeyen, plebein, plebien (“a commoner”) and plebeien (“concerning the common people”). Cf. Medieval Latin plēbēiānus (“a commoner”), from plēbēius + -ānus.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Of or pertaining to the Roman plebs, or common people.
  2. adjective Of or pertaining to the common people; vulgar; common; as, plebeian sports; a plebeian throng.
  3. noun One of the plebs, or common people of ancient Rome, in distinction from patrician.
  4. noun One of the common people, or lower rank of men.

Etymology [L. plebeius, from plebs, plebis, the common people: cf. F. plébéien.]

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

Sanskrit

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