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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badge

/bæd͡ʒ/ noun, verb

Forms badges badging badged

  1. noun A distinctive mark, token, sign, emblem or cognizance, worn on one’s clothing, as an insignia of some rank, or of the membership of an organization. “the badge of a society; the badge of a policeman”
  2. noun A small nameplate, identifying the wearer, and often giving additional information.
  3. noun A card, sometimes with a barcode or magnetic strip, granting access to a certain area.
  4. noun Something characteristic; a mark; a token.
  5. noun (obsolete, thieves' cant) A brand on the hand of a thief, etc. “He has got his badge, and piked.”
  6. noun (nautical) A carved ornament on the stern of a vessel, containing a window or the representation of one.
  7. noun (heraldry) A distinctive mark worn by servants, retainers, and followers of royalty or nobility, who, being beneath the rank of gentlemen, have no right to armorial bearings.
  8. noun (graphical user interface) A small overlay on an icon that shows additional information about that item, such as the number of new alerts or messages.
  9. verb (transitive) To mark or distinguish with a badge. “The television was badged as ‘GE’, but wasn’t made by them.”
  10. verb (transitive) To show a badge to. “He calmed down a lot when the policeman badged him.”
  11. verb (ambitransitive) To enter a restricted area by showing one’s badge.

Synonyms

emblem keycard or ID card or access card pin

Etymology

From Middle English badge, bagge, bage, bagy, from Anglo-Norman bage or Medieval Latin bagea, bagia (“sign, emblem”), of uncertain origin. Possibly derived from Medieval Latin baga (“ring”), from Old Saxon bāg, bōg (“ring, ornament”), from Proto-Germanic *baugaz (“ring, bracelet, armband”); or possibly the Anglo-Norman word is derived from an earlier, unattested English word (compare Old English bēag (“ring, bracelet, collar, crown”). Cognate with Scots bagie, badgie, bawgy (“badge”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A distinctive mark, token, sign, or cognizance, worn on the person; as, the badge of a society; the badge of a policeman. "Tax gatherers, recognized by their official badges. " Prescott.
  2. noun Something characteristic; a mark; a token.
  3. verb To mark or distinguish with a badge.

Etymology [LL. bagea, bagia, sign, prob. of German origin; cf. AS. beág, beáh, bracelet, collar, crown, OS b in comp., AS. b to bow, bend, G. biegen. See Bow to bend.]

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

Sanskrit

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