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

“During” is a form of

dure

/djʊə/ verb, adjective

Forms dures during dured

  1. verb (archaic, intransitive) To last, continue, endure.
  2. adjective (archaic) hard; harsh; severe; rough

Etymology

From Middle English duren (“to last”), from Old French durer, from Latin dūrō, dūrāre. Related to Dutch duren (“to last, dure”), German dauern (“to last, dure”). Doublet of endure.

From Latin dūrus. Doublet of dour.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Hard; harsh; severe; rough; toilsome. [R.]
  2. verb To last; to continue; to endure. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.

Etymology [L. durus; akin to Ir. & Gael. dur , stubborn, W. dir certain, sure, cf. Gr. Defn: Hard; harsh; severe; rough; toilsome. [R.]

Etymology [F. durer, L. durare to harden, be hardened, to endure, last, fr. durus hard. See Dure, a.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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