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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indulgence

/ɪnˈdʌl.d͡ʒəns/ noun, verb

Forms indulgences indulgencing indulgenced indulgency indulgement

  1. noun The act of indulging.
  2. noun Tolerance.
  3. noun The act of catering to someone's every desire.
  4. noun A wish or whim satisfied.
  5. noun Something in which someone indulges.
  6. noun An indulgent act; a favour granted; gratification.
  7. noun (Roman Catholicism) A pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory, after the sinner has been granted absolution.
  8. verb (transitive, Roman Catholicism) To provide with an indulgence.

Synonyms

self-indulgence lenience leniency indulging pampering humoring folly foolery tomfoolery craziness lunacy

Etymology

From Middle English indulgence, indulgens, from Middle French indulgence and its source, Latin indulgentia.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The act of indulging or humoring; the quality of being indulgent; forbearance of restrain or control.
  2. noun An indulgent act; favor granted; gratification.
  3. verb To grant an indulgence to.

Etymology [L. indulgentia: cf. F. indulgence.]

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

Sanskrit

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