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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exterior

UK /ɪkˈstɪəɹɪə/ · US /ɪkˈstɪɹiɚ/ adjective, noun

Forms exteriors exteriour

  1. adjective Relating to the outside parts or surface of something. “the exterior part of a sphere”
  2. adjective Being from outside a country; foreign. “the exterior relations of a state or kingdom”
  3. adjective Outdoor.
  4. noun The outside part, parts or surface of something. “The sticker was attached to the exterior of the package”
  5. noun Foreign lands.
  6. noun A recording taken outside to be used in film-making, often including establishing shots. “We'll get the last of the exteriors done tomorrow.”

Synonyms

outer outside

Antonyms

interior inside

Etymology

From Latin exterior.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective External; outward; pertaining to that which is external; --opposed to interior; as, the exterior part of a sphere.
  2. adjective External; on the outside; without the limits of; extrinsic; as, an object exterior to a man, opposed to what is within, or in his mind.
  3. noun The outward surface or part of a thing; that which is external; outside.
  4. noun Outward or external deportment, form, or ceremony; visible act; as, the exteriors of religion.

Etymology [L. exterior, compar. of exter or exterus on the outside, outward, foreign, strange, a compar. fr. ex: cf. F. extérieur. See Ex, and cf. Extreme, Interior.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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