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

republican

/ɹɪˈpʌblɪkən/ adjective, noun, proper noun

Forms republicans

  1. adjective Advocating or supporting a republic as a form of government, advocating or supporting republicanism.
  2. adjective Of or belonging to a republic.
  3. noun Someone who favors a republic as a form of government.
  4. noun Synonym of American cliff swallow.
  5. noun Synonym of sociable weaver.
  6. adjective (US politics) Of or pertaining to the Republican Party of the United States. “There are Libertarian, Republican and Democratic nominees running for office right now.”
  7. adjective Of or pertaining to the Republic of China's tenure on the Chinese mainland (1912-1949).
  8. noun (US politics) A member or supporter of the Republican Party, the more right-wing of the two main political parties in the United States.
  9. noun (UK, Ireland) An Irish nationalist; a proponent of a united Ireland, particularly one who supports armed struggle to achieve this.
  10. noun (chiefly Ireland, now rare) A member or supporter of Fianna Fáil, a centre-right party in Ireland.
  11. noun (historical) A supporter of the government or left-wing side in the Spanish Civil War.
  12. noun A member of Les Républicains, a right-wing party in France.
  13. noun A member of Die Republikaner, a far-right party in Germany.
  14. proper noun A township in Jefferson County, Indiana.
  15. proper noun A township in Clay County, Kansas.
  16. proper noun An unincorporated community in Bertie County, North Carolina.

Synonyms

anti-monarchist antiroyalist American cliff swallow sociable weaver Repooplican Republicant Republicon Republicunt Republitard Retardican Rethuglican Republican River

Antonyms

monarchist

Etymology

From republic + -an, partly after French républicain.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Of or pertaining to a republic.
  2. adjective Consonant with the principles of a republic; as, republican sentiments or opinions; republican manners. Republican party. (U.S. Politics) (a) An earlier name of the Democratic party when it was opposed to the Federal party. Thomas Jefferson was its great leader.
  3. noun One who favors or prefers a republican form of government.
  4. noun A member of the Republican party.

Etymology [F. républicain.]

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