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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quarterly

adjective, noun, adverb

Forms quarterlies

  1. adjective Occurring once every quarter year (three months); taking place quarter-yearly. “quarterly rent payments”
  2. adjective (heraldry) (of a coat of arms) Divided into four parts crosswise. “The arms of Hohenzollern is quarterly argent and sable.”
  3. noun A periodical publication that appears four times per year.
  4. adverb Once every quarter year (three months).
  5. adverb (heraldry) In the four, or in two diagonally opposite, quarters of a shield.

Synonyms

every quarter

Etymology

From quarter + -ly (adverbial suffix).

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Containing, or consisting of, a fourth part; as, quarterly seasons.
  2. adjective Recurring during, or at the end of, each quarter; as, quarterly payments of rent; a quarterly meeting.
  3. noun A periodical work published once a quarter, or four times in a year.
  4. adverb By quarters; once in a quarter of a year; as, the returns are made quarterly.

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

Sanskrit

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