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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suitor

UK /ˈsuːtə/ · US /ˈsutɚ/ noun, verb

Forms suitors suitoring suitored suitour

  1. noun One who pursues someone, especially a woman, for a romantic relationship or marriage; a wooer; one who falls in love with or courts someone.
  2. noun (by extension) A person or organization that expresses an interest in working with, or taking over, another.
  3. noun (law) A party to a suit or litigation.
  4. noun One who sues, petitions, solicits, or entreats; a petitioner.
  5. verb To play the suitor; to woo; to make love.

Synonyms

beau courter sparker wooer admirer adorer baby beloved crush darling enamorado flame follower leman loteby love love interest lover paramour sweetheart suer

Etymology

From Middle English sutour, from Anglo-Norman suytour, seuter, from Late Latin secutor (“follower, pursuer”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun One who sues, petitions, or entreats; a petitioner; an applicant.
  2. noun Especially, one who solicits a woman in marriage; a wooer; a lover. Sir P. Sidney.

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

Sanskrit

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

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