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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trojan

UK /ˈtɹəʊd͡ʒən/ · US /ˈtɹoʊd͡ʒən/ noun, adjective, verb

Forms trojans trojaning trojaned Troyan Troian

  1. noun (computing) Malware that appears to perform or actually performs a desired task for a user while performing a harmful task without the user's knowledge or consent.
  2. adjective (astronomy) Describing a satellite (moon or minor planet) that shares an orbit with another
  3. verb (computing, transitive) To infect (a system) with a trojan.
  4. noun A native or inhabitant of the ancient city of Troy.
  5. noun A student (especially an athlete) of the University of Southern California.
  6. noun (astrophysics) A Trojan asteroid.
  7. noun (astrophysics) An object residing at a Trojan point.
  8. noun (in similes) One who shows great pluck, endurance, strength, etc.
  9. adjective Of, or relating to, the famed city of Troy or its inhabitants.
  10. adjective Involving great strength or endurance.
  11. adjective (astrophysics) Of, or relating to, a Trojan point.
  12. adjective (computer security) Malicious but disguised as legitimate

Synonyms

Dardan Dardanian trojan horse

Etymology

From Trojan horse.

From old forms Troyan, Troian, Middle English Troiā̆n, from Old English Trōiān, from Latin Troiānus, from Troia (“Troy”) + -ānus, from Ancient Greek Τροίᾱ (Troíā).

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Of or pertaining to ancient Troy or its inhabitants.
  2. adjective A native or inhabitant of Troy. Tim jumped like a Trojan from the bed. Finnegan's Wake (Irish song)

Etymology [L. Trojanus, fr. Troja, Troia, Troy, from Tros, Gr. Trw`s, Trwo`s, Tros, the mythical founder of Troy.]

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