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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proverbial

/pɹəˈvɜɹb.iː.əl/ adjective, noun

Forms proverbials

  1. adjective Of, resembling, or expressed as a proverb, cliché, fable, or fairy tale. “The busyness of a beaver is proverbial.”
  2. adjective Optionally placed before an element of a well-known proverb or metaphor to emphasize that the element is not being used in a literal sense (see Usage notes below) “the proverbial smoking gun”
  3. adjective Widely known; famous; stereotypical. “I grew up in a prefab house on Main Street in 1950s suburbia, the second and last child of a proverbial nuclear family.”
  4. noun (euphemistic) Used to replace a word that might be considered unacceptable in a particular situation, when using a well-known phrase. “I think we should be prepared in case the proverbial hits the fan.”
  5. noun (euphemistic, in the plural) The groin or the testicles. “You'll find they've got you by the proverbials.”

Etymology

From Latin prōverbiālis, equivalent to proverb + -ial

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Mentioned or comprised in a proverb; used as a proverb; hence, commonly known; as, a proverbial expression; his meanness was proverbial.
  2. adjective Of or pertaining to proverbs; resembling a proverb. "A proverbial obscurity." Sir T. Browne.

Etymology [L. proverbialis: cf. F. proverbial.]

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

Sanskrit

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