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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portal

UK /ˈpɔːtl̩/ · US /ˈpɔːɹtl̩/ noun, adjective, verb, proper noun

Forms portals portaling portalling portaled portalled

  1. noun An entrance, entry point, or means of entry. “The local library, a portal of knowledge.”
  2. noun A large primary adit as the main entrance to a mine.
  3. noun (Internet) A website or page that acts as an entrance to other websites or pages on the Internet. “The new medical portal has dozens of topical categories containing links to hundreds of sites.”
  4. noun (Philippines) An ePortal. (a web-based platform that serves as a gateway to various resources, services, or information, usually tailored for specific organizational or user needs.) “I have already inputted my info on the portal.”
  5. noun (Philippines) The existence of an account on an ePortal. “You need to have a portal to have a driver's license.”
  6. noun (anatomy) A short artery that carries blood into the liver.
  7. noun (science fiction and fantasy) A magical or technological aperture leading to another location, period in time, or dimension.
  8. noun (architecture) A lesser gate, where there are two of different dimensions.
  9. adjective (anatomy) Of or relating to a porta, especially the porta of the liver. “the portal vein”
  10. verb (science fiction, fantasy) To use a portal (magical or technological doorway).
  11. proper noun An unincorporated community in Cochise County, Arizona.
  12. proper noun A ghost town in California.
  13. proper noun A town in Bulloch County, Georgia.
  14. proper noun An unincorporated community in Sarpy County, Nebraska.
  15. proper noun A minor city in Burke County, North Dakota, on the Canadian border.
  16. proper noun A surname.

Synonyms

portal site portal vein hepatic portal vein vena portae

Etymology

From Middle English portal, porttol, from Old French portal and Medieval Latin portāle, from porta.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A door or gate; hence, a way of entrance or exit, especially one that is grand and imposing.
  2. noun (a) The lesser gate, where there are two of different dimensions.
  3. adjective Of or pertaining to a porta, especially the porta of the liver; as, the portal vein, which enters the liver at the porta, and divides into capillaries after the manner of an artery.

Etymology [OF. portal, F. portail, LL. portale, fr. L. porta a gate. See Port a gate.]

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

Sanskrit

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