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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antique

UK /ˌanˈtiːk/ · US /ˌænˈtik/ adjective, noun, verb, proper noun

Forms antiquer antiquest antiques antiquing antiqued antic antick anticke antiq.

  1. adjective Having existed in ancient times, descended from antiquity; used especially in reference to Greece and Rome.
  2. adjective Belonging to former times, not modern, out of date, old-fashioned.
  3. adjective (typography) Designating a style of type.
  4. adjective (bookbinding) Embossed without gilt.
  5. adjective Synonym of old (“of color: subdued, as if faded over time”).
  6. adjective (obsolete) Synonym of antic, specifically:
  7. adjective Fantastic, odd, wild, antic.
  8. noun An old object perceived as having value because of its aesthetic or historical significance.
  9. noun An object of ancient times.
  10. noun (in the singular) The style or manner of ancient times, used especially of Greek and Roman art.
  11. noun (figuratively, mildly derogatory) An old person.
  12. noun (obsolete) A man of ancient times.
  13. noun (typography) A style of type of thick and bold face in which all lines are of equal or nearly equal thickness.
  14. noun Grotesque entertainment; an antic.
  15. noun A performer in an antic; or in general, a burlesque performer, a buffoon.
  16. verb (intransitive) To search or shop for antiques.
  17. verb (transitive) To make (an object) appear to be an antique in some way.
  18. verb (transitive, bookbinding) To emboss without gilding.
  19. proper noun A province of Western Visayas, Visayas, Philippines. Capital: San Jose de Buenavista.

Synonyms

antiquated old antic specifically disused outdated coffin dodger ancient geriatric oldster old-timer oldtimer gaffer old geezer antiquate demode ex old-fashioned old-hat outmoded passe passee age-old

Etymology

Borrowed from French antique (“ancient, old”), from Latin antiquus (“former, earlier, ancient, old”), from ante (“before”); see ante-. Doublet of antic.

From Spanish Antique, from Hiligaynon hantik.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Old; ancient; of genuine antiquity; as, an antique statue. In this sense it usually refers to the flourishing ages of Greece and Rome.
  2. adjective Old, as respects the present age, or a modern period of time; of old fashion; antiquated; as, an antique robe. "Antique words." Spenser.
  3. noun In general, anything very old; but in a more limited sense, a relic or object of ancient art; collectively, the antique, the remains of ancient art, as busts, statues, paintings, and vases.

Etymology [F., fr. L. antiquus old, ancient, equiv. to anticus, from ante before. Cf. Antic.]

Etymology [F. See Antique, a.]

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