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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ranger

UK /ˈɹeɪ̯nd͡ʒə/ · US /ˈɹeɪ̯nd͡ʒɚ/ noun, verb, proper noun

Forms rangers rangering rangered

  1. noun One who ranges; a rover.
  2. noun A roving robber; one who seeks plunder.
  3. noun A keeper, guardian, or soldier who ranges over a region (generally of wilderness) to protect the area or enforce the law.
  4. noun (obsolete) That which separates or arranges; a sieve.
  5. noun A dog that beats the ground in search of game.
  6. noun (military) In some modern armies, an elite soldier, similar to special forces but often operating in larger units.
  7. noun (literature, roleplaying games) A warrior character, often with wilderness and stealth skill, who typically travels the countryside.
  8. noun (roleplaying games) A character skilled in the use of ranged weapons.
  9. verb (rare, transitive) To work as a ranger.
  10. noun (sports) A player on any of various teams called Rangers, such as the Texas Rangers (in baseball) or the New York Rangers (in ice hockey).
  11. proper noun A surname.

Synonyms

Texas Ranger fire warden forest fire fighter commando

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun One who ranges; a rover; sometimes, one who ranges for plunder; a roving robber.
  2. noun That which separates or arranges; specifically, a sieve. [Obs.]

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

Sanskrit

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