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

turner

UK /ˈtɜː.nə(ɹ)/ · US /ˈtɝ.nɚ/ noun, proper noun

Forms turners

  1. noun One who or that which turns.
  2. noun A person who turns and shapes wood etc. on a lathe.
  3. noun A kitchen utensil used for turning food.
  4. noun (zoology) A variety of pigeon; a tumbler.
  5. noun (cricket) A very dry pitch on which the ball will turn with ease.
  6. noun (sports) An acrobat or gymnast, especially (historical) a member of the German Turnvereine, German-American gymnastic clubs that also served as nationalist political groups.
  7. noun (historical) An old Scottish copper coin worth two pence, issued by King James VI.
  8. proper noun An English and Scottish surname originating as an occupation.
  9. proper noun A male given name.
  10. proper noun A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
  11. proper noun An unincorporated community in Mississippi County, Arkansas.
  12. proper noun An unincorporated community in Phillips County, Arkansas.
  13. proper noun Former name of Tuttle, California.
  14. proper noun An unincorporated community in Clay County, Indiana.
  15. proper noun A neighbourhood of Kansas City, Kansas.
  16. noun A person who has Turner syndrome.

Synonyms

fish slice spatula Nat Turner Henry Hubert Turner Joseph Mallord William Turner Frederick Jackson Turner food turner

Etymology

From Middle English turner, torner, tornere, turnere, turnare, equivalent to turn + -er. Also from Middle English turnour, tornour, tournour, turnoure, from Old French tornour, tourneour, tourneur, tornëor (“one who fashions something by turning”).

From German Turner (“gymnast”).

From Middle English Turner, Turnur, Turnure, Turnour, from Middle English turner, turnare, tornere, an occupational surname for a turner or tumbler.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun One who turns; especially, one whose occupation is to form articles with a lathe.
  2. noun A variety of pigeon; a tumbler.
  3. noun A person who practices athletic or gymnastic exercises.

Etymology [G.]

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

Sanskrit

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