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

rubric

/ˈɹuːbɹɪk/ noun, adjective, verb

Forms rubrics rubricking rubricked rubrick

  1. noun A heading in a book highlighted in red.
  2. noun A title of a category or a class. “That would fall under the rubric of things we can ignore for now.”
  3. noun (Christianity) The directions for a religious service, formerly printed in red letters.
  4. noun An established rule or custom; a guideline. “Whilst this rubric is not written into law, it should always be followed.”
  5. noun A statement of intent. “The Government's rubric of "caring for communities" is ridiculous.”
  6. noun (education) A set of explanatory notes or rules at the beginning of an exam paper, usually typographically distinct from the rest of the paper. “Do not award marks to candidates who have made rubric errors.”
  7. noun (education) A set of scoring criteria for evaluating student work and for giving feedback. “We refer to the rubric when marking oral examinations.”
  8. noun A flourish after a signature.
  9. adjective Coloured or marked with red; placed in rubrics.
  10. adjective Of or relating to the rubric or rubrics; rubrical.
  11. verb (transitive) To adorn with red; to redden.
  12. verb (transitive) To organize or classify into rubrics.

Synonyms

paraph gloss title statute title

Etymology

From Middle English rubriche, rubrike, from Old French rubrique, from Latin rūbrīca (“red ochre”), the substance used to make red letters, from ruber (“red”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun That part of any work in the early manuscripts and typography which was colored red, to distinguish it from other portions. Hence, specifically: (a) A titlepage, or part of it, especially that giving the date and place of printing; also, the initial letters, etc., when printed in red. (b) (Law books) The title of a statute; --so called as being anciently written in red letters. Bell.
  2. verb To adorn ith red; to redden; to rubricate. [R.] Johnson.
  3. adjective Colored in, or marked with, red; placed in rubrics.
  4. adjective Of or pertaining to the rubric or rubrics. "Rubrical eccentricities." C. Kingsley.

Etymology [OE. rubriche, OF. rubriche, F. rubrique ( cf. it. rubrica), fr. L. rubrica red earth for coloring, red chalk, the title of a law (because written in red), fr. ruber red. See red.]

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

Sanskrit

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