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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monarch

UK /ˈmɒnək/ · US /ˈmɑnɚk/ noun, proper noun

Forms monarchs

  1. noun The ruler of an absolute monarchy or the head of state of a constitutional monarchy.
  2. noun A monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) and others of genus Danaus, found primarily in North America.
  3. noun (Aboriginal English) A police officer.
  4. noun (often capitalised) A stag which has sixteen or more points or tines on its antlers.
  5. noun The chief or best thing of its kind.
  6. noun Any bird of the family Monarchidae.
  7. proper noun A surname.
  8. proper noun A hamlet in Lethbridge County, Alberta.
  9. proper noun The Monarch, a mountain in British Columbia.
  10. proper noun Two other peaks with the affix "mountain": Monarch Mountain (Alberta) and Monarch Mountain (British Columbia).
  11. proper noun An unincorporated community near Monarch Pass, Chaffee County, Colorado.
  12. proper noun An unincorporated community in Cascade County, Montana.
  13. proper noun An unincorporated community in Lee County, Virginia.
  14. proper noun An unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia.

Synonyms

sovereign monarch flycatcher crowned head monarch butterfly milkweed butterfly Danaus plexippus

Etymology

From Middle French monarque, from Late Latin monarcha, from Ancient Greek μονάρχης (monárkhēs), variant of μόναρχος (mónarkhos, “sole ruler”), from μόνος (mónos, “only”) + ἀρχός (arkhós, “leader”), equivalent to mono- + -arch.
* (butterfly): See monarch butterfly.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A sole or supreme ruler; a sovereign; the highest ruler; an emperor, king, queen, prince, or chief.
  2. noun One superior to all others of the same kind; as, an oak is called the monarch of the forest.
  3. adjective Superior to others; preëminent; supreme; ruling. "Monarch savage." Pope.

Etymology [F. monarque, L. monarcha, fr. Gr. Archi-.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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