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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battalion

UK /bəˈtæl.i.ən/ · US /bəˈtæl.jən/ noun, verb

Forms battalions battalioning battalioned

  1. noun (military) An army unit having two or more companies, etc. and a headquarters. Traditionally forming part of a regiment.
  2. noun (US, military) an army unit having two or more companies, etc. and a headquarters; forming part of a brigade.
  3. noun Any large body of troops.
  4. noun (by extension) A great number of things.
  5. verb To form into battalions.

Synonyms

heap horde load mass pile swathe large number multitude plurality pack

Etymology

From Middle French battaillon (modern French bataillon).

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A body of troops; esp. a body of troops or an army in battle array. "The whole battalion views." Milton.
  2. noun A regiment, or two or more companies of a regiment, esp. when assembled for drill or battle.
  3. verb To form into battalions. [R.]

Etymology [F. bataillon, fr. It. battaglione. See Battalia.]

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

Sanskrit

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