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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romantic

UK /ɹə(ʊ)ˈmæntɪk/ · US /ɹoʊˈmæn(t)ɪk/ adjective, noun

Forms romantics romantick

  1. adjective (chiefly historical) Of a work of literature, a writer etc.: being like or having the characteristics of a romance, or poetic tale of a mythic or quasi-historical time; fantastic.
  2. adjective (obsolete) Fictitious, imaginary.
  3. adjective Fantastic, unrealistic (of an idea etc.); fanciful, sentimental, impractical (of a person). “Mary sighed, knowing her ideals were far too romantic to work in reality.”
  4. adjective Having the qualities of romance (in the sense of something appealing deeply to the imagination); invoking on a powerfully sentimental idea of life; evocative, atmospheric.
  5. adjective Pertaining to an idealised form of love (originally, as might be felt by the heroes of a romance); conducive to romance; loving, affectionate. “Their kiss started casually, but it slowly turned romantic.”
  6. adjective Experiencing romantic attraction.
  7. noun A person with romantic character (a character like those of the knights in a mythic romance).
  8. noun A person who is behaving romantically (in a manner befitting someone who feels an idealized form of love). “Oh, flowers! You're such a romantic.”
  9. adjective Of or pertaining to Romance.
  10. adjective Of or pertaining to Romanticism.
  11. adjective (linguistics, informal) Synonym of Romance.
  12. noun An artist involved in the Romantic movement.

Synonyms

allo alloromantic Romance romanticist romanticistic amatory amorous quixotic wild-eyed

Antonyms

platonic non-sexual aromantic antiromantic nonromantic unromantic

Etymology

From romant + -ic, or borrowed from Late Latin romanticus (“(of a poem) having qualities of a romance”). Compare French romantique, which is borrowed from English. Also compare Spanish romántico, Portuguese romântico, Italian romantico, Dutch romantisch, and German romantisch and Romantiker (“a composer of Romantic music”), all of which are borrowed from English or French.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Of or pertaining to romance; involving or resembling romance; hence, fanciful; marvelous; extravagant; unreal; as, a romantic tale; a romantic notion; a romantic undertaking.
  2. adjective Entertaining ideas and expectations suited to a romance; as, a romantic person; a romantic mind.

Etymology [F. romantique, fr. OF. romant. See Romance.]

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