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

riot

/ˈɹaɪ.ət/ noun, verb

Forms riots rioting rioted

  1. noun A tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by a large group of people, often involving violence or damage to property. “The protests began peacefully but turned into riots after several days.”
  2. noun (figurative) A wide and unconstrained variety. “In summer this flower garden is a riot of colour.”
  3. noun (colloquial, uncountable) A humorous or entertaining event or person.
  4. noun Wanton or unrestrained behavior or emotion.
  5. noun (obsolete) Excessive and expensive feasting; wild and loose festivity; revelry.
  6. verb (intransitive) To create or take part in a riot; to raise an uproar or sedition. “The nuclear protesters rioted outside the military base.”
  7. verb (intransitive, obsolete) To act in an unrestrained or wanton manner; to indulge in excess of feasting, luxury, etc.
  8. verb (transitive) To cause to riot; to throw into a tumult.
  9. verb (transitive) To annoy.

Synonyms

anarchy breach of the peace chaos discord trouble disorder disorderliness disturbance instability lawlessness mayhem rioting rowdiness strife turbulence upheaval public violence belly laugh sidesplitter howler thigh-slapper scream wow orgy debauch debauchery saturnalia bacchanal bacchanalia drunken revelry

Etymology

From Middle English riot (“debauched living, dissipation”), from Old French riote (“debate”), from rioter (“to quarrel”), perhaps related to riboter or from Latin rugio (“to roar”).
Compare French riotte and Occitan riòta.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun Wanton or unrestrained behavior; uproar; tumult.
  2. noun Excessive and exxpensive feasting; wild and loose festivity; revelry.
  3. verb To engage in riot; to act in an unrestrained or wanton manner; to indulge in excess of luxury, feasting, or the like; to revel; to run riot; to go to excess.
  4. verb To disturb the peace; to raise an uproar or sedition. See Riot, n., 3. Johnson.

Etymology [OF. riote, of uncertain origin; cf. OD. revot, ravot.]

Etymology [OF. rioter; cf. OD. ravotten.]

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

Sanskrit

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