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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grand

/ˈɡɹænd/ adjective, noun, proper noun

Forms grander grandest grands grande

  1. adjective (augmentative) Large, senior (high-ranking), intense, extreme, or exceptional “among the grandest orchestras of our time”
  2. adjective Of a large size or extent; great. “a grand mountain”
  3. adjective Great in size, and fine or imposing in appearance or impression; illustrious, dignified, magnificent. “a grand monarch”
  4. adjective Having higher rank or more dignity, size, or importance than other persons or things of the same name. “a grand lodge”
  5. adjective (usually in compound forms) Standing in the second or some more remote degree of parentage or descent (see grand-). “grandfather, grandson, grand-child”
  6. adjective (Ireland, Northern England, colloquial, otherwise dated) Fine; lovely. “A cup of tea? That'd be grand.”
  7. adjective (music) Containing all the parts proper to a given form of composition.
  8. noun (plural "grand") A thousand of some unit of currency, such as dollars or pounds. (Compare G.)
  9. noun (colloquial, automotive, plural "grand") A thousand RPM.
  10. noun (music, plural "grands") A grand piano
  11. noun A grandparent or grandchild.
  12. proper noun A commune in Vosges department, Grand Est, France.
  13. proper noun A ghost town (historic place) in Ellis County, Oklahoma, United States.
  14. proper noun (countable) A surname.

Synonyms

great super- supra- hyper- ultra- uber- macro- arch- over- mega- giga- -zilla large thousand one thousand 1000 M K chiliad G thou yard grand piano expansive heroic august lordly deluxe gilded luxurious

Etymology

From Middle English grand, grond, graund, graunt, from Anglo-Norman graunt, from Old French grant, from Latin grandis. Doublet of grande and grandee.

From granddaughter, grandfather, grandmother, grandson, etc.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Of large size or extent; great; extensive; hence, relatively great; greatest; chief; principal; as, a grand mountain; a grand army; a grand mistake. "Our grand foe, Satan." Milton.
  2. adjective Great in size, and fine or imposing in appearance or impression; illustrious, dignifled, or noble (said of persons); majestic, splendid, magnificent, or sublime (said of things); as, a grand monarch; a grand lord; a grand general; a grand view; a grand conception.

Etymology [OE. grant, grount, OF. grant, F. grand, fr. L. grandis; perh. akin to gravis heavy, E. grave, a. Cf. Grandee.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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