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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Christian

/ˈkɹɪʃt͡ʃən/ noun, proper noun, adjective

Also a form of christen

Forms Christians Xtian Xian

  1. noun A believer in Christianity.
  2. noun (nonstandard) An adherent of Christianity who is not a Catholic; a Protestant.
  3. noun A person who seeks to live his or her life according to the principles and values taught by Jesus Christ.
  4. noun (obsolete, England) A European, especially though not necessarily of the Christian religion.
  5. proper noun A male given name from Ancient Greek found in England since the twelfth century.
  6. proper noun A female given name from Ancient Greek of medieval usage, rare today.
  7. proper noun A surname originating as a patronymic.
  8. proper noun An unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States.
  9. adjective (not comparable) Of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians.
  10. adjective (nonstandard, not comparable) Of, like or relating to Protestant Christians.
  11. adjective (not comparable) Of, like or relating to Jesus Christ.
  12. adjective Kind, charitable; moral; a term of approbation. “That’s very Christian of you.”

Synonyms

charitable helpful kind neighborly neighbourly sweet

Antonyms

agnostic atheist heathen non-Christian pagan corrupt immoral improper unjust savage sinful unchristian

Etymology

From Middle English Cristien, from Old French chrestien, from Latin Chrīstiānus, from Ancient Greek Χρῑστιᾱνός (Khrīstiānós), from Χρῑστός (Khrīstós, “Christ, anointed [one]”) + Latin suffix -ānus. The older form is Christen. Doublet of cretin. By surface analysis, Christ + -ian.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun One who believes, or professes or is assumed to believe, in Jesus Christ, and the truth as taught by Him; especially, one whose inward and outward life is conformed to the doctrines of Christ.
  2. noun One born in a Christian country or of Christian parents, and who has not definitely becomes an adherent of an opposing system.
  3. adjective Pertaining to Christ or his religion; as, Christian people.
  4. adjective Pertaining to the church; ecclesiastical; as, a Christian court.

Etymology [L. christianus, Gr. cristen. See Christ.]

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

Sanskrit

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