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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generosity

UK /ˌd͡ʒɛn.əˈɹɒs.ɪ.ti/ · US /ˌd͡ʒɛn.əˈɹɑ.sə.ti/ noun

Forms generosities

  1. noun (uncountable) The trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time.
  2. noun (uncountable) A desire to give or share without expecting payment; charity; an eager willingness to demonstrate openness and empathy or to provide a charitable outlook on something; a desire to share either emotionally or in resources, time, etc.
  3. noun (countable) A generous act.
  4. noun (uncountable) The trait of being abundant, more than adequate. “He ate everything, despite the generosity of the portions.”
  5. noun (archaic, uncountable) Good breeding; nobility of stock.

Synonyms

charity largesse liberality beau geste nobility generousness unselfishness

Antonyms

stinginess

Etymology

From Middle English generosite, from Latin generōsitās, equivalent to generous + -ity.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun Noble birth. [Obs.] Harris (Voyages).
  2. noun The quality of being noble; noble-mindedness.

Etymology [L. generositas: cf. F. générosité.]

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

Sanskrit

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