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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punctual

UK /ˈpʌŋktjʊəl/ · US /ˈpʌŋkt͡ʃuəl/ adjective

Forms punctuall

  1. adjective Of an event, happening at the appointed time.
  2. adjective Of a person, acting at the appointed time. “Luis is never late; he's the most punctual person I know.”
  3. adjective (chiefly mathematics) Existing as a point or series of points.
  4. adjective (linguistics) Expressing a momentary action that has no duration.
  5. adjective (nonstandard, Euro-English) Periodic; occasional. “The management of the above mentioned feed sectors is subject to close co-operation with the Member States through […] punctual expert groups meetings where appropriate.”
  6. adjective (dated) Observing trivial points; punctilious.

Synonyms

in time on time prompt seasonable timely

Antonyms

overdue premature unpunctual

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin pūnctuālis (“relating to a point”), from Late Latin pūnctus (“point”) + -ālis (adjective suffix).

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Consisting in a point; limited to a point; unextended. [R.] "This punctual spot." Milton.
  2. adjective Observant of nice points; punctilious; precise.

Etymology [F. ponctuel (cf. Sp.puntual, It. puntuale), from L. punctum point. See Point.]

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

Sanskrit

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