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.

English Dictionary · 107,383 entries · Sources & licences

telling

/ˈtɛlɪŋ/ adjective, noun

Also a form of tell

Forms tellings

  1. adjective Having force, or having a marked effect; weighty, effective. “a telling blow”
  2. adjective Revealing information; bearing significance. “a telling smile”
  3. adjective Serving to convince. “telling evidence”
  4. noun The act of narration.
  5. noun The disclosure of information.
  6. noun (archaic) Counting, numbering.
  7. noun (chiefly in the negative) Ability to determine.

Synonyms

enumeration relation recounting apprisal notification tattle singing revealing telltale cogent weighty impressive

Etymology

Gerund from the verb tell, from tell + -ing.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Operating with great effect; effective; as, a telling speech.

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

Sanskrit

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

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