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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prerogative

UK /pɹɪˈɹɒɡ.ə.tɪv/ · US /pɹəˈɹɑɡ.ə.tɪv/ noun, adjective

Forms prerogatives prærogative

  1. noun A right, especially when due to one's position or role.
  2. noun An exclusive hereditary or official right or privilege.
  3. noun A right or power that is exclusive to a monarch etc, especially such a power to make a decision or judgement. “Despite being a constitutional monarchy, the British sovereign still retain many royal prerogatives.”
  4. noun A property, attribute or ability which gives one a superiority or advantage over others; an inherent advantage or privilege; a talent.
  5. adjective Having a hereditary or official right or privilege.
  6. adjective Characterized by lawless state actions, as in a prerogative state.

Synonyms

privilege perquisite exclusive right

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman prerogative (noun), from Latin praerogātīva (“previous verdict; claim, privilege”), noun use of the feminine singular of praerogātīvus (“having first vote; privileged”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun An exclusive or peculiar privilege; prior and indefeasible right; fundamental and essential possession; --used generally of an official and hereditary right which may be asserted without question, and for the exercise of which there is no responsibility or accountability as to the fact and the manner of its exercise.
  2. noun Precedence; preëminence; first rank. [Obs.]

Etymology [F. prérogative, from L. praerogativa precedence in voting, preference, privilege, fr. praerogativus that is asked before others for his opinion, that votes before or first, fr. praerogare to ask before another; prae before + rogare to ask. See Rogation.]

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

Sanskrit

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