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

“Gems” is a form of

gem

/d͡ʒɛm/ noun, verb, proper noun

Forms gems gemming gemmed

  1. noun A precious stone, usually of substantial monetary value or prized for its beauty or shine.
  2. noun (figuratively) Any precious or highly valued thing or person. “She's an absolute gem.”
  3. noun (by extension) Anything of small size, or expressed within brief limits, which is regarded as a gem on account of its beauty or value, such as a small picture, a verse of poetry, or an epigram. “a gem of wit”
  4. noun (by extension, Internet slang) Internet content of good quality.
  5. noun (obsolete) A gemma or leaf bud.
  6. noun A geometrid moth of the species Orthonama obstipata.
  7. noun (computing) A package containing programs or libraries for the Ruby programming language.
  8. noun (uncountable, printing, uncommon, obsolete) A size of type between brilliant (4-point) and diamond (4½-point), running 222 lines to the foot.
  9. verb (transitive) To adorn with, or as if with, gems.
  10. noun A native or resident of the American state of Idaho.
  11. proper noun A ghost town in California.
  12. proper noun An unincorporated community in Indiana.
  13. proper noun A city in Kansas.
  14. proper noun A diminutive of the female given name Gemma.

Synonyms

gemstone jewel precious stone begem treasure stone muffin

Antonyms

coal brimstone slop

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English gemme, gimme, yimme, ȝimme, from Old English ġimm, from Proto-West Germanic *gimmu (“gem”) and Old French gemme (“gem”), both from Latin gemma (“a swelling bud; jewel, gem”). Doublet of gemma and Gemma.

From Gem State.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A bud. From the joints of thy prolific stem A swelling knot is raised called a gem. Denham.
  2. noun A precious stone of any kind, as the ruby, emerald, topaz, sapphire, beryl, spinel, etc., especially when cut and polished for ornament; a jewel. Milton.

Etymology [OE. gemme precious stone, F. gemme, fr. L. gemma a precious stone, bud.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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