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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pleasure

UK /ˈplɛʒə/ · US /ˈplɛʒɚ/ noun, interjection, verb

Forms pleasures pleasuring pleasured

  1. noun (uncountable) A state of being pleased or contented; gratification. “He remembered with pleasure his home and family.”
  2. noun (countable) A person, thing or action that causes enjoyment. “It was a pleasure to meet you.”
  3. noun (uncountable) Sexual enjoyment.
  4. noun (uncountable) One's preference. “What is your pleasure: coffee or tea?”
  5. noun (formal, uncountable) The will or desire of someone or some agency in power. “to hold an office at pleasure: to hold it indefinitely until it is revoked”
  6. interjection pleased to meet you, "It's my pleasure"
  7. verb (transitive) To give or afford pleasure to.
  8. verb (transitive) To give sexual pleasure to. “Johnny pleasured Jackie with his mouth last night.”
  9. verb (intransitive, dated) To take pleasure; to seek or pursue pleasure. “to go pleasuring”

Synonyms

delight gladness gratification happiness indulgence satisfaction joy kick desire fancy want will wish discretion beatitude bliss delectation ecstasy euphoria lust pleasance

Antonyms

displeasure pain agony

Etymology

From Early Modern English pleasur, plesur, alteration (with ending accommodated to -ure) of Middle English plaisir (“pleasure”), from Old French plesir, plaisir (“to please”), infinitive used as a noun, conjugated form of plaisir or plaire, from Latin placeō (“to please, to seem good”), from the Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-k- (“wide and flat”). Related to Dutch plezier (“pleasure, fun”). More at please.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The gratification of the senses or of the mind; agreeable sensations or emotions; the excitement, relish, or happiness produced by the expectation or the enjoyment of something good, delightful, or satisfying; --opposed to Ant: pain, Ant: sorrow, etc. At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. Ps. xvi. 11.
  2. noun Amusement; sport; diversion; self-indulgence; frivolous or dissipating enjoyment; hence, sensual gratification; --opposed to labor, service, duty, self-denial, etc. "Not sunk in carnal pleasure." Milton.
  3. verb To give or afford pleasure to; to please; to gratify. Shak.
  4. verb To take pleasure; to seek pursue pleasure; as, to go pleasuring.

Etymology [F. plaisir, originally an infinitive. See Please.]

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

Sanskrit

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