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

lion

/ˈlaɪən/ noun, adjective, proper noun

Forms lions the Lion lyon

  1. noun A big cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa, India and formerly much of Europe. “Tigers and lions share a common ancestor from a few million years ago.”
  2. noun (in particular) A male lion, as opposed to a lioness, which is characterized by having a flowing shaggy mane and taking little part in hunting, which can be done cooperatively.
  3. noun (by extension) Any of various extant and extinct big cats, especially the mountain lion.
  4. noun A Chinese foo dog.
  5. noun A person who shows attributes associated with the lion, such as strength, courage, or ferocity.
  6. noun A famous person regarded with interest and curiosity.
  7. noun A light brown color that resembles the fur of a lion.
  8. noun (historical) An old Scottish coin, with a lion on the obverse, worth 74 shillings.
  9. adjective Of the light brown color that resembles the fur of a lion.
  10. proper noun (astronomy, astrology) The constellation and zodiacal sign Leo.
  11. noun (American football) A player for National Football League's Detroit Lions.
  12. noun (Canadian football) A player for Canadian Football League's B.C. Lions.
  13. noun (soccer) A player for the England football team.
  14. noun (Australian rules football) A player or supporter of the Brisbane Lions.

Synonyms

king of beasts Panthera leo social lion Leo Leo the Lion

Etymology

From Middle English lyoun, lion, leon, borrowed from Old French lion, from Latin leō, (accusative: leōnem), from Ancient Greek λέων (léōn), of unclear origin. Doublet of Leo, leu, lev, and Lyon. Displaced Old English lēo, from the same Latin source.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A large carnivorous feline mammal (Felis leo), found in Southern Asia and in most parts of Africa, distinct varieties occurring in the different countries. The adult male, in most varieties, has a thick mane of long shaggy hair that adds to his apparent size, which is less than that of the largest tigers. The length, however, is sometimes eleven feet to the base of the tail.
  2. noun A sign and a constellation; Leo.

Etymology [F. lion, L. leo, -onis, akin to Gr. Chameleon, Dandelion, Leopard.]

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

Sanskrit

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