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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teachable

/ˈtiːt͡ʃəbəl/ adjective, noun

Forms teachables

  1. adjective Capable of being taught; apt to learn.
  2. adjective Willing to receive instruction or to learn; docile.
  3. adjective That can be taught. “Common sense is not a teachable subject.”
  4. adjective Facilitating teaching; instructive.
  5. noun (informal) A major or minor academic concentration that is an acceptable prerequisite for certain teaching certifications or teacher education programs.

Synonyms

docile

Etymology

From Middle English techeable, techeabyll, techeabylle, equivalent to teach + -able.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Capable of being taught; apt to learn; also, willing to receive instruction; docile.

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

Sanskrit

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