Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

θ	thin	ð	this	ʃ	she	ʒ	measure
tʃ	church	dʒ	judge	ŋ	sing	j	yes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

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)

-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.

failure

UK /ˈfeɪ.ljə/ · US /ˈfeɪ.ljəɹ/ noun

Forms failures

noun State or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, opposite of success.
noun (pathology) A condition in which a specified organ does not function well enough to support life. “heart failure”
noun Omission to do something, whether or not it was attempted, especially something that ought to have been done.
noun An object, person or endeavour in a state of failure, has failed at something or incapable of success.
noun Termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function; breakdown.
noun Bankruptcy.

Synonyms

From Anglo-Norman failer, from Old French faillir (“to fail”). Equivalent to fail + -ure.

noun Cessation of supply, or total defect; a failing; deficiency; as, failure of rain; failure of crops.
noun Omission; nonperformance; as, the failure to keep a promise.

Etymology [From Fail.]

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

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

विपरिभ्रंश vi-paribhraṃśa complete failure, miscarriage; loss, ruin.
अनुपन्यास an-upanyāsa failure of proof or determination, uncertainty, doubt.
असम्पत्ति a-sampatti illluck, want of success; non-accomplishment, failure.
अप्रतिपत्ति a-pratipatti non-ascertainment; non-performance, failure; neglect, disregard.
विहति vi-hati striking, killing; defeat; failure; ( is ), m. a friend, companion.
परिक्षय pari-kṣaya disappearing, ceasing, failure, ruin; dissolution, decay, waste, destruction.
रेषण reṣaṇa injuring, hurting; ( am ), n. the act of injuring, injury, hurt, damage; failure.
अनुत्पत्ति an-utpatti failure, non-production; ( is, is, i ), or an-utpattika, as, ī, am, not (yet) produced.