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.

English Dictionary · 107,383 entries · Sources & licences

readable

/ˈɹiː.də.bəl/ adjective

Forms readabler readablest

  1. adjective (of handwriting, print, etc) Legible, possible to read or at least decipher. “If that sign were still readable we'd know where we are!”
  2. adjective Which can be read—i.e. accessed or played—by a certain technical type of device. “No sale, those aren't readable with my DVD-player!”
  3. adjective (of a book) Enjoyable to read, of an acceptable stylistic quality or at least functionally composed. “These assembly instructions aren't readable, I still don't have a clue how to start!”

Synonyms

legible clear decipherable

Antonyms

unreadable illegible

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Such as can be read; legible; fit or suitable to be read; worth reading; interesting.

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

Sanskrit

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