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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legal

UK /ˈliː.ɡəl/ · US /ˈli.ɡəl/ adjective, noun, proper noun

Forms legals

  1. adjective Relating to the law or to lawyers. “legal profession”
  2. adjective Having its basis in the law. “legal precedent”
  3. adjective Being established, permitted, required or prescribed by law. “legal motion”
  4. adjective Following the rules or syntax of a system, such as a game or a programming language. “If you have no legal move, but are not in check the game is a draw.”
  5. adjective (slang, sometimes offensive) Above the age of consent or the legal drinking age.
  6. adjective (colloquial, chiefly US) Permitting the use and/or sale of cannabis; in which cannabis is lawful.
  7. noun (uncountable, informal) The legal department of a company or organization. “Legal wants this in writing.”
  8. noun (countable) A spy who is attached to, and ostensibly employed by, an embassy, military outpost, etc.
  9. noun (countable, informal, US) One who immigrated lawfully.
  10. noun (uncountable, Canada, US) Of paper or document layouts, measuring 8+¹⁄₂ × 14 inches (216 × 356 mm).
  11. noun (Philippines) Of paper or document layouts, measuring 8+¹⁄₂ × 13 inches (216 × 330 mm).
  12. proper noun A town in Alberta, Canada.

Synonyms

lawful legitimate licit de jure rightful long bond paper government legal foolscap sound effectual

Antonyms

banned contraband disallowed forbidden illegal outlawed unlawful black-market back-alley underage undocumented

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin lēgālis (“legal”), from lēx (“law”). Doublet of loyal and leal.

Named in honour of Bishop Émile-Joseph Legal.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Created by, permitted by, in conformity with, or relating to, law; as, a legal obligation; a legal standard or test; a legal procedure; a legal claim; a legal trade; anything is legal which the laws do not forbid.
  2. adjective (a) According to the law of works, as distinguished from free grace; or resting on works for salvation.

Etymology [L. legalis, fr. lex, legis, law; prob. orig., that which lies or is fixed (cf. L. lectus bed), and if so akin to E. lie, law: cf. F. légal. Cf. Lie to be prostrate, Loyal, Leal.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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