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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savory

/ˈseɪ.və.ɹi/ adjective, noun, proper noun

Forms savorier savoriest savories Savorys savoury

  1. adjective Tasty, attractive to the palate. “The fine restaurant presented an array of savory dishes; each was delicious.”
  2. adjective Either salty or spicy, but not sweet. “The mushrooms, meat, bread, rice, peanuts and potatoes were all good savory foods.”
  3. adjective Umami. “The savory rabbit soup contrasted well with the sweet cucumber sandwiches with jam.”
  4. adjective (figuratively) Morally or ethically acceptable. “Readers are to be warned that quotations in this chapter contain some not so savory language.”
  5. noun (American spelling) A savory snack.
  6. noun Any of several Mediterranean herbs, of the genus Satureja, grown as culinary flavourings.
  7. noun The leaves of these plants used as a flavouring.
  8. proper noun A surname.

Synonyms

Micromeria juliana savoury piquant spicy zesty mouth-watering

Antonyms

unsavory

Etymology

From the Middle English savory, savourie, from Old French savouré, from Old French savourer, from Late Latin sapōrāre, from Latin sapor (“taste, flavour”), from sapiō, sapere (“taste of, have a flavour of”).

From Middle English saverey, possibly from Old English sæþerie, from Latin satureia, influenced by or via Old French savereie.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Pleasing to the organs of taste or smell. [Written also savoury.]
  2. noun An aromatic labiate plant (Satireia hortensis), much used in cooking; --also called summer savory. [Written also savoury.]

Etymology [From Savor.]

Etymology [F. savorée; cf. It. santoreggia, satureja, L. satureia,]

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

Sanskrit

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