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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trine

/tɹaɪn/ adjective, noun, verb, proper noun

Forms trines trining trined

  1. adjective Triple; threefold.
  2. adjective (astrology) Denoting the aspect of two celestial bodies which are 120° apart.
  3. noun A group of three things.
  4. noun (astrology) An aspect of two astrological bodies when 120° apart.
  5. verb (transitive, astrology) To put in the aspect of a trine.
  6. verb (archaic, UK, thieves' cant) To hang; to execute (someone) by suspension from the neck.
  7. verb (obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) To go.
  8. proper noun A surname from German.

Synonyms

tern treble ternary threefold triadic trinary triple threesome triad leash ternion threeness trinity trio triplet troika hang swing dance on a rope dance on nothing three 3 III tierce tercet terzetto trey deuce-ace

Etymology

From Middle English trine, from Middle French trin, from Latin trīnus.

From Middle English trynen, of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse troða (“to walk, tread”); compare Old Swedish trina (“to go”).

Probably an Americanized form of German Trein.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Threefold; triple; as, trine dimensions, or length, breadth, and thickness.
  2. noun The aspect of planets distant from each other 120 degrees, or one third of the zodiac; trigon.
  3. noun A triad; trinity. [R.]
  4. verb To put in the aspect of a trine. [R.]

Etymology [See Trinal.]

Etymology [F. trine, trin. See Trinal.]

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