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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preferment

/pɹɪˈfəːmənt/ noun

Forms preferments perferment

  1. noun (now historical) Prior claim (on payment, or on purchasing something); the first rights to obtain a particular payment or product.
  2. noun (obsolete) The fact of being pushed or advanced to a more favourable situation; furtherance, promotion (of a candidate, action, undertaking etc.).
  3. noun Advancement to a higher position or office; promotion.
  4. noun A position (especially in the Church of England) that provides profit or prestige.
  5. noun (now rare) The fact of preferring something; preference.
  6. noun A mixture of flour, water and yeast that is allowed to ferment prior to another baking process.

Etymology

From Middle English preferment, preferrement, prefferment; equivalent to prefer + -ment.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The act of choosing, or the state of being chosen; preference.
  2. noun The act of preferring, or advancing in dignity or office; the state of being advanced; promotion.

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

Sanskrit

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