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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pounce

/paʊns/ noun, verb

Forms pounces pouncing pounced

  1. noun (historical) A type of fine powder, as of sandarac, or cuttlefish bone, sprinkled over wet ink to dry the ink after writing or on rough paper to smooth the writing surface.
  2. noun (historical) Charcoal dust, or some other coloured powder for making patterns through perforated designs, used by embroiderers, lacemakers, etc.
  3. verb (transitive) To sprinkle or rub with pounce powder. “to pounce paper, or a pattern”
  4. noun A sudden leaping attack.
  5. noun (archaic) The claw or talon of a bird of prey.
  6. noun A punch or stamp.
  7. noun Cloth worked in eyelet holes.
  8. noun (mining) Synonym of bump (“sudden movement of underground strata”).
  9. verb (intransitive) To leap into the air intending to seize someone or something. “The kitten pounced at the ball I threw to it.”
  10. verb (intransitive) To attack suddenly by leaping. “I was awakened from a dead sleep by my child pouncing on top of me from out of nowhere.”
  11. verb (intransitive) To eagerly seize an opportunity. “I pounced on the chance to get promoted.”
  12. verb (transitive) To strike or seize with the talons; to pierce, as with the talons.
  13. verb (transitive) To stamp holes in; to perforate.

Synonyms

bump leap jump bounce strike attack swoop

Etymology

From French ponce, from Latin pūmex. Doublet of pumice.

From Middle English pounce, probably akin to punch. Possibly from Old French ponchonner (compare French poinçonner).

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A fine powder, as of sandarac, or cuttlefish bone, --formerly used to prevent ink from spreading on manuscript.
  2. noun Charcoal dust, or some other colored powder for making patterns through perforated designs, --used by embroiderers, lace makers, etc. Pounce box, a box for sprinkling pounce.
  3. verb To sprinkle or rub with pounce; as, to pounce paper, or a pattern.
  4. noun The claw or talon of a bird of prey. Spenser. Burke.

Etymology [F. ponce pumice, pounce, fr. L. pumex, -icis, pumice. See Pumice.]

Etymology [Prob. through French, from an assumed LL. punctiare to prick, L. pungere, punctum. See Puncheon, Punch, v. t.]

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

Sanskrit

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