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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parch

UK /pɑːtʃ/ · US /pɑɹt͡ʃ/ verb, noun

Forms parches parching parched

  1. verb (transitive) To burn the surface of, to scorch. “The sun today could parch cement.”
  2. verb (transitive) To roast, as dry grain.
  3. verb (transitive) To dry to extremity; to shrivel with heat. “The patient’s mouth is parched from fever.”
  4. verb (intransitive, colloquial) To be very thirsty. “We're parched, hon. Could you send up an ale from the cooler?”
  5. verb (transitive, archaic) To boil something slowly (Still used in Lancashire in parched peas, a type of mushy peas).
  6. verb (intransitive) To become superficially burnt; to become sunburned. “The locals watched, amused, as the tourists parched in the sun, having neglected to apply sunscreen or bring water.”
  7. noun The condition of being parched.

Synonyms

sear

Etymology

From Middle English parchen, paarchen (“to parch; dry; roast”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant of Middle English perchen (“to roast”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To burn the surface of; to scorch; to roast over the fire, as dry grain; as, to parch the skin; to parch corn.
  2. verb To dry to extremity; to shrivel with heat; as, the mouth is parched from fever.
  3. verb To become scorched or superficially burnt; to be very dry. "Parch in Afric sun." Shak.

Etymology [OE. perchen to pierce, hence used of a piercing heat or cold, OF. perchier, another form of percier, F. percer. See Pierce.]

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

Sanskrit

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