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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sensible

UK /ˈsɛn.sɪ.bəl/ · US /ˈsɛn.sə.bəl/ adjective, noun

Forms sensiblest sensibles

  1. adjective Acting with or showing good sense; able to make good judgements based on reason or wisdom, or reflecting such ability.
  2. adjective Characterized more by usefulness, practicality, or comfort than by attractiveness, formality, or fashionableness, especially of clothing. “I only wear high heels on formal occasions; otherwise, I prefer sensible shoes.”
  3. adjective (especially formally) Able to be sensed by the senses or the psyche; able to be perceived. “For Plato the belief in sensible objects is fallible.”
  4. adjective (archaic) Able to feel or perceive.
  5. adjective (archaic) Liable to external impression; easily affected; sensitive. “a sensible thermometer”
  6. adjective (archaic) Of or pertaining to the senses; sensory.
  7. adjective (archaic) Cognizant; having the perception of something; aware of something.
  8. noun (obsolete) Sensation; sensibility.
  9. noun (obsolete) That which impresses itself on the senses; anything perceptible.
  10. noun (obsolete) That which has sensibility; a sensitive being.

Synonyms

reasonable perceptible appreciable detectable sensitive

Antonyms

insensible imperceptible unappreciable undetectable

Etymology

From Latin sēnsibilis (“perceptible by the senses, having feeling, sensible”), from sentiō (“to feel, perceive”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Capable of being perceived by the senses; apprehensible through the bodily organs; hence, also, perceptible to the mind; making an impression upon the sense, reason, or understanding; sensible resistance.
  2. adjective Having the capacity of receiving impressions from external objects; capable of perceiving by the instrumentality of the proper organs; liable to be affected physsically or mentally; impressible.
  3. noun Sensation; sensibility. [R.] "Our temper changed . . . which must needs remove the sensible of pain." Milton.
  4. noun That which impresses itself on the sense; anything perceptible.

Etymology [F., fr. L. sensibilis, fr. sensus sense.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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