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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reckoning

/ˈɹɛkənɪŋ/ noun

Also a form of reckon

Forms reckonings

  1. noun The action of calculating or estimating something. “By that reckoning, it would take six weeks to go five miles.”
  2. noun An opinion or judgement. “day of reckoning”
  3. noun A summing up or appraisal.
  4. noun The settlement of accounts, as between parties.
  5. noun The working out of consequences or retribution for one's actions.
  6. noun (archaic) The bill (UK) or check (US), especially at an inn or tavern.
  7. noun (archaic) Rank or status.

Synonyms

calculation computation figuring tally count counting numeration enumeration

Etymology

Gerund of the verb reckon, from reckon + -ing. Compare Dutch rekening, German Rechnung.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The act of one who reckons, counts, or computes; the result of reckoning or counting; calculation. Specifically: (a) An account of time. Sandys.
  2. noun The charge or account made by a host at an inn. A coin would have a nobler use than to pay a reckoning. Addison.

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

Sanskrit

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

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