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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singular

UK /ˈsɪŋ.ɡjʊ.lə/ · US /ˈsɪŋ.ɡjə.lɚ/ adjective, noun

Forms singulars sing. sg. sg

  1. adjective Being only one of a larger population; single, individual. “A singular experiment cannot be regarded as scientific proof of the existence of a phenomenon.”
  2. adjective Being the only one of the kind; unique. “She has a singular personality.”
  3. adjective Distinguished by superiority: peerless, unmatched, eminent, exceptional, extraordinary. “a man of singular gravity or attainments”
  4. adjective Out of the ordinary; curious. “It was very singular; I don't know why he did it.”
  5. adjective (grammar) Referring to only one thing or person.
  6. adjective (linear algebra, of matrix) Having no inverse.
  7. adjective (linear algebra, of transformation) Having the property that the matrix of coefficients of the new variables has a determinant equal to zero.
  8. adjective (set theory, of a cardinal number) Not equal to its own cofinality.
  9. noun (grammar) A form of a word that refers to only one person or thing.
  10. noun (logic) That which is not general; a specific determinate instance.
  11. noun (collective) A group of boars.

Synonyms

individual concrete discrete particular peculiar proper specific unique alone azygous incomparable matchless nonpareil only peerless sui generis unequaled unparalleled unmatched unrivalled singular form remarkable curious funny odd queer rum rummy

Antonyms

general catholic common ecumenical generic nonsingular nonspecific universal unparticular unsingular unspecific plural

Etymology

From Middle English singuler, from Old French, from Latin singulāris (“alone of its kind”), from Latin singulus (“single”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Separate or apart from others; single; distinct. [Obs.] Bacon.
  2. adjective Engaged in by only one on a side; single. [Obs.]
  3. noun An individual instance; a particular. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
  4. noun The singular number, or the number denoting one person or thing; a word in the singular number.

Etymology [OE. singuler, F. singulier, fr. L. singularius, singularis, fr. singulus single. See Single, a.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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