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

joy

/d͡ʒɔɪ/ noun, interjection, verb, proper noun

Forms joys joying joyed

  1. noun A feeling of extreme happiness or cheerfulness, especially related to the acquisition or expectation of something good. “a child's joy on Christmas morning”
  2. noun Anything that causes such a feeling. “the joys and demands of parenthood”
  3. noun Luck or success; a positive outcome.
  4. noun (obsolete) The sign or exhibition of joy; gaiety; merriment; festivity.
  5. interjection (dated, often sarcastic) Expressing appreciation and happiness.
  6. verb (intransitive) To feel joy, to rejoice.
  7. verb (transitive, archaic) To enjoy.
  8. verb (transitive, obsolete) To give joy to; to congratulate.
  9. verb (transitive, obsolete) To gladden; to make joyful; to exhilarate.
  10. proper noun A female given name from English.
  11. proper noun A surname.

Synonyms

elation glee blitheness blithesomeness cheerfulness cheeriness contentness contentedness delight delightedness elatedness exuberance exuberantness felicity gaiety gayness gayfulness gladness gladsomeness gleefulness joyousness joyfulness pleasure rejoice gladden

Antonyms

infelicity joylessness unhappiness unjoy blueness tristesse mirthless blues crestfallenness dejection depression despondency sorrow

Etymology

The noun is from Middle English joye, borrowed from Old French joie, from Late Latin gaudia, neuter plural (mistaken as feminine singular) of Latin gaudium (“joy”), from gaudēre (“to be glad, rejoice”). Doublet of jo and gaudy (“Oxford college reunion”). Displaced native Old English ġefēa.
The interjection is from the noun.
The verb is from Middle English joyen, joȝen, joien, from Old French jöir, from the Old French noun (see above).

From the noun joy, first used by Puritans in the 17th century.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The passion or emotion excited by the acquisition or expectation of good; pleasurable feelings or emotions caused by success, good fortune, and the like, or by a rational prospect of possessing what we love or desire; gladness; exhilaration of spirits; delight.
  2. noun That which causes joy or happiness.
  3. verb To rejoice; to be glad; to delight; to exult.
  4. verb To give joy to; to congratulate. [Obs.] "Joy us of our conquest." Dryden.

Etymology [OE. joye, OF. joye, joie, goie, F. joie, L. gaudia, pl. of gaudium joy, fr. gaudere to rejoice, to be glad; cf. Gr. Gaud, Jewel.]

Etymology [OF. joir, F. jouir. See Joy, n.]

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

Sanskrit

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