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

poignant

/ˈpɔɪ.njənt/ adjective

  1. adjective (obsolete, of a weapon, etc.) Sharp-pointed; keen.
  2. adjective Neat; eloquent; applicable; relevant. “A poignant reply will garner more credence than hours of blown smoke.”
  3. adjective Evoking strong mental sensation, to the point of distress; emotionally moving. “Flipping through his high school yearbook evoked many a poignant memory of yesteryear.”
  4. adjective (figuratively, of a smell, taste) Piquant, pungent.
  5. adjective (figuratively, of a look, word) Incisive; penetrating; piercing. “His comments were poignant and witty.”
  6. adjective (chiefly UK, dated) Inducing sharp physical pain.

Synonyms

distressing moving affecting touching

Etymology

From Middle English poynaunt, poynant, borrowed from Anglo-Norman puignant, poynaunt etc., present participle of poindre (“to prick”), from Latin pungō (“prick”). Doublet of pungent.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Pricking; piercing; sharp; pungent. "His poignant spear." Spenser.
  2. adjective Fig.: Pointed; keen; satirical.

Etymology [F., p. pr. of poindre to sting, fr. L. pungere to prick, sting. See Pungent.]

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

Sanskrit

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