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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retail

/ˈɹiˌteɪl/ noun, adjective, adverb, verb

Forms retails retailing retailed

  1. noun (business) The sale of goods directly to the consumer, encompassing the storefronts, mail-order, websites, etc., and the corporate mechanisms, branding, advertising, etc. that support them. “She works in retail.”
  2. noun (finance) The sale of securities or other financial instruments to private investors, as opposed to large institutions.
  3. noun (colloquial) Retail price; full price; an abbreviated expression, meaning the full suggested price of a particular good or service, before any sale, discount, or other deal. “I never pay retail for clothes.”
  4. adjective Of or relating to the (actual or figurative) sale of goods or services directly to individuals.
  5. adverb Direct to consumers, in retail quantities, or at retail prices. “We've shut shown our reseller unit. We're only selling retail now.”
  6. verb To sell at retail, or in small quantities directly to customers.
  7. verb (archaic) To sell secondhand, or in broken parts.
  8. verb To repeat or circulate (news or rumours) to others.

Antonyms

wholesale

Etymology

From the Old French verb retaillier.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The sale of commodities in small quantities or parcels; --opposed to wholesale; sometimes, the sale of commodities at second hand.
  2. adjective Done at retail; engaged in retailing commodities; as a retail trade; a retail grocer.
  3. verb To sell in small quantities, as by the single yard, pound, gallon, etc.; to sell directly to the consumer; as, to retail cloth or groceries.
  4. verb To sell at second hand. [Obs. or R.] Pope.

Etymology [F. retaille piece cut off, shred, paring, or OF. retail, from retailler. See Retail, v.]

Etymology [Cf. F. retailler to cut again; pref. re- re + tailler to cut. See Retail, n., Tailor, and cf. Detail.]

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

Sanskrit

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