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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honorable

UK /ˈɒn.ə ɹəbl̩/ · US /ˈɑn.ə.ɹəbl̩/ adjective, noun

Forms honorables honble honourable

  1. adjective Behaving in a manner that shows honor; decent, having integrity.
  2. adjective Worthy of respect; respectable.
  3. adjective Complying with cultural rules regarding honor; not provoking shame or disgrace. “That culture considered it no disgrace to be defeated in honorable combat.”
  4. adjective (politics) A courtesy title, given in Britain and the Commonwealth to a cabinet minister, minister of state, or senator, and in the United States to the president, vice president, congresspeople, state governors and legislators, and mayors.
  5. adjective A courtesy title, given in the United Kingdom to all sons and daughters of viscounts and barons and to the younger sons of earls.
  6. noun A politician or other person who bears the title of "honorable".

Synonyms

estimable noble venerable admirable allowable commendable creditable glorious laudable praiseworthy respectable reverable reverend valuable worthy Hon'ble Hon. honest honourable ethical good

Antonyms

contemptible despicable mean dishonorable

Etymology

From Middle English honourable, from Old French honorable, honurable, from Latin honōrābilis, from honōrō (“to honour”); cognate with Italian onorabile, Spanish honorable. By surface analysis, honor + -able. In this sense, largely displaced Old English ārfæst.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Worthy of honor; fit to be esteemed or regarded; estimable; illustrious.
  2. adjective High-minded; actuated by principles of honor, or a scrupulous regard to probity, rectitude, or reputation.

Etymology [F. honorable, L. honorabilis.]

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