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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Castor

UK /ˈkɑːs.tə/ · US /ˈkæs.tɚ/ proper noun, noun

Also a form of caster

Forms castors

  1. proper noun (Greek mythology) One of the Dioscuri
  2. proper noun (astronomy) A double star in the constellation Gemini; alpha (α) Geminorum.
  3. proper noun A village and civil parish in city of Peterborough district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL1298).
  4. proper noun A town in the County of Paintearth, Alberta, Canada. From French castor (“beaver”).
  5. proper noun A village in Bienville Parish, Louisiana, United States. From French castor (“beaver”).
  6. proper noun A surname.
  7. noun A hat made from the fur of the beaver.
  8. noun A heavy quality of broadcloth for overcoats.
  9. noun Castoreum (bitter exudate of mature beavers).
  10. noun Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Ariadne, of Africa and Asia.
  11. noun (mineralogy) A variety of petalite found in Elba.
  12. noun A pivoting roller attached to the bottom of furniture to allow it to be moved.
  13. noun A container with a perforated cap for sprinkling its contents, especially salt, pepper, etc.

Synonyms

beaver castoreum castorite Alpha Geminorum caster genus Castor

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κάστωρ (Kástōr), from Ancient Greek κάστωρ (kástōr, “beaver”).

From Middle French castor, from Old French castor (“beaver”), from Latin castor (“beaver”), from Ancient Greek κάστωρ (kástōr), from Doric Greek κάστον (káston, “wood”).

Named from Greek mythology; see Castor and Pollux. The name pollux was given to another mineral with which it was always found.

Alternative spelling of caster, via cast + -or (the Latinate varient of -er).

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A genus of rodents, including the beaver. See Beaver.
  2. noun Castoreum. See Castoreum.
  3. noun See Caster, a small wheel.
  4. noun the northernmost of the two bright stars in the constellation Gemini, the other being Pollux.

Etymology [L.]

Etymology [The minerals castor and pollux were so named because found together on the island of Elba. See Castor and Pollux.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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