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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edible

UK /ˈɛdɪbəl/ · US /ˈɛdəbəl/ adjective, noun

Forms edibles

  1. adjective Capable of being eaten without harm; suitable for consumption; innocuous to humans. “edible fruit”
  2. adjective Capable of being eaten without disgust or disrelish. “Although stale, the bread was edible.”
  3. adjective In which edible plants are grown for human consumption.
  4. noun Anything edible.
  5. noun In particular, an edible mushroom.
  6. noun A foodstuff, usually a baked good, infused with tetrahydrocannabinol and/or other cannabinoids from cannabutter or other marijuana.

Synonyms

esculent comestible eatable eatworthy consumable nibbleable stomachable palatable food pabulum victual victuals

Antonyms

inedible uneatable

Etymology

From Late Latin edibilis, from Latin edō (“eat”). Doublet of eatable.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Fit to be eaten as food; eatable; esculent; as, edible fishes.
  2. adjective Anything edible. Edible bird's nest. See Bird's nest,

Etymology [L. edibilis, fr. edere to eat. See Eat.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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