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

trident

/ˈtɹaɪ̯dənt/ noun, proper noun

Forms tridents

  1. noun A three-pronged spear somewhat resembling a pitchfork. “Poseidon's trident”
  2. noun (geometry) A curve of third order of the form:
  3. proper noun The nuclear weapon that is the nuclear deterrent of the United Kingdom

Synonyms

trident curve

Etymology

From Latin tridēns, from tri- (“three”) + dēns (“tooth”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A kind of scepter or spear with three prongs, --the common attribute of Neptune.
  2. noun A three-pronged spear or goad, used for urging horses; also, the weapon used by one class of gladiators.
  3. adjective Having three teeth or prongs; tridentate.

Etymology [L. tridens, -entis; tri- (see Tri-) + dens tooth: cf. F. trident. See Tooth.]

Etymology [L. tridens.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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