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

sash

/sæʃ/ noun, verb

Forms sashes sashing sashed

  1. noun (clothing) A piece of cloth designed to be worn around the waist.
  2. noun (clothing) A decorative length of cloth worn over the shoulder to the opposite hip, often for ceremonial or other formal occasions.
  3. verb (transitive) To adorn with a sash.
  4. noun The opening part of a window, usually containing the glass panes; either hinged to the jamb, or sliding up and down as in a sash window.
  5. noun (software, graphical user interface) A draggable vertical or horizontal bar used to adjust the relative sizes of two adjacent windows.
  6. noun (sawmilling) The rectangular frame in which the saw is strained and by which it is carried up and down with a reciprocating motion; the gate.
  7. noun (chemistry) A window-like part of a fume hood which can be moved up and down in order to create a barrier between chemicals and people.
  8. verb (transitive) To furnish with a sash.

Synonyms

belt cummerbund obi waistband casement splitter window sash girdle cincture waistcloth

Etymology

From Arabic شَاش (šāš, “muslin cloth”).

From sashes, from metathesis of French châssis (“frame (of a window or door)”), taken as a plural and -s trimmed off by the late 17th century. See also chassis.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A scarf or band worn about the waist, over the shoulder, or otherwise; a belt; a girdle, --worn by women and children as an ornament; also worn as a badge of distinction by military officers, members of societies, etc.
  2. verb To adorn with a sash or scarf. Burke.
  3. noun The framing in which the panes of glass are set in a glazed window or door, including the narrow bars between the panes.
  4. noun In a sawmill, the rectangular frame in which the saw is strained and by which it is carried up and down with a reciprocating motion; - -also called gate. French sash, a casement swinging on hinges; --in distinction from a vertical sash sliding up and down.

Etymology [Pers. shast a sort of girdle.]

Etymology [F. sh a frame, sash, fr. sh a shrine, reliquary, frame, L. capsa. See Case a box.]

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

Sanskrit

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