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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respite

UK /ˈɹɛsˌpaɪt/ · US /ˈɹɛs.pɪt/ noun, verb

Forms respites respiting respited

  1. noun A brief interval of rest or relief.
  2. noun (law) A reprieve, especially from a sentence of death.
  3. noun (law) The delay of appearance at court granted to a jury beyond the proper term.
  4. noun (music, theater) A short period of spoken dialogue in an otherwise sung-through musical.
  5. verb (transitive) To delay or postpone (an event).
  6. verb (transitive) To allow (a person) extra time to fulfil some obligation.

Synonyms

hiatus moratorium recess break breather cessation demurral gap caesura halt halting interregnum interruption lapse pause resting stoppage stopping suspension comfort reprieve time out abatement rest relief rest period

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman and Old French respit (“rest”), from Latin respectus. Doublet of respect.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A putting off of that which was appointed; a postponement or delay.
  2. noun Temporary intermission of labor, or of any process or operation; interval of rest; pause; delay. "Without more respite." Chaucer.
  3. verb To give or grant a respite to. Specifically: (a) To delay or postpone; to put off. (b) To keep back from execution; to reprieve.

Etymology [OF. respit, F. répit, from L. respectus respect, regard, delay, in LL., the deferring of a day. See Respect.]

Etymology [OF. respiter, LL. respectare. See Respite, n.]

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

Sanskrit

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