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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solitary

UK /ˈsɒlɪt(ə)ɹi/ · US /ˈsɑlɪˌtɛɹi/ noun, adjective

Forms solitaries

  1. noun (countable) One who lives alone, or in solitude; an anchorite, hermit or recluse.
  2. noun (uncountable) The state of being solitary; solitude
  3. adjective Living or being by oneself; alone; having no companion present
  4. adjective Performed, passed, or endured alone. “a solitary journey”
  5. adjective Not much visited or frequented; remote from society “a solitary residence or place”
  6. adjective Not inhabited or occupied; without signs of inhabitants or occupation; desolate; deserted “the solitary desert”
  7. adjective Gloomy; dismal, because of not being inhabited.
  8. adjective Single; individual; sole. “a solitary example”
  9. adjective (botany) Not associated with others of the same kind.

Synonyms

aloner anchoret anchorite eremite hermit Miller of Dee monk recluse shut-in sullen by oneself on one's own seclusive solo deavely lonely unfrequented unvisited peopleless wasteful solitary confinement solitudinarian troglodyte lone nongregarious nonsocial alone lonesome only sole

Etymology

From Middle English solitarie, borrowed from Latin sōlitārius. Doublet of solitaire.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Living or being by one's self; having no companion present; being without associates; single; alone; lonely.
  2. adjective Performed, passed, or endured alone; as, a solitary journey; a solitary life.
  3. noun One who lives alone, or in solitude; an anchoret; a hermit; a recluse.

Etymology [L. solitarius, fr. solus alone: cf. F. solitaire. See Sole, a., and cf. Solitaire.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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