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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serpentine

UK /ˈsɜː.pənˌtaɪn/ · US /ˈsɝ.pənˌtaɪn/ adjective, noun, verb, proper noun

Forms serpentines serpentining serpentined the Serpentine

  1. adjective Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of snakes.
  2. adjective Of, or having attributes associated with, the serpent referred to in the book of Genesis in the Bible, such as craftiness or deceitfulness. “The wily criminal was known for his serpentine behavior.”
  3. adjective Having the form or shape of a snake. “There are serpentine species of lizards which do not have legs.”
  4. adjective Curving in alternate directions; sinuous. “The serpentine path through the mountains was narrow and dangerous.”
  5. adjective Pertaining to the serpentine subgroup of minerals. “serpentine soils”
  6. noun Any of several plants believed to cure snakebites.
  7. noun (historical) An early form of cannon, used in the 16th century.
  8. noun A kind of firework.
  9. noun A coiled distillation tube.
  10. noun (mathematics) Any of several related cubic curves; anguinea
  11. noun (equestrianism) In dressage, a winding walk across on the arena.
  12. noun (mineralogy) Any of several green/brown minerals consisting of magnesium and iron silicates that have similar layered crystal structure, whose appearance somewhat resembles a snake's skin.
  13. noun (geology) An outcrop or region with soil and rock dominated by these minerals.
  14. verb To serpentize; to turn or bend; to meander.
  15. proper noun A lake in Hyde Park, London.
  16. proper noun A river in Alaska.
  17. proper noun A river in Australia.
  18. proper noun A river in Canada.
  19. proper noun A minor river in Tasman district and the city of Nelson, New Zealand.
  20. proper noun A town in the Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Western Australia.

Synonyms

ophidian sinuous tortuous winding snaky snakelike

Etymology

From Middle English serpentine, from Old French serpentin, from Latin serpentīnus, from serpēns (“serpent”), equivalent to serpent + -ine.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Resembling a serpent; having the shape or qualities of a serpent; subtle; winding or turning one way and the other, like a moving serpent; anfractuous; meandering; sinuous; zigzag; as, serpentine braid.
  2. noun A mineral or rock consisting chiefly of the hydrous silicate of magnesia. It is usually of an obscure green color, often with a spotted or mottled appearance resembling a serpent's skin. Precious, or noble, serpentine is translucent and of a rich oil-green color.
  3. noun A kind of ancient cannon.
  4. verb To serpentize. [R.] Lyttleton.

Etymology [L. serpentinus: cf. F. serpentin.]

Etymology [Cf. (for sense 1) F. serpentine, (for sense 2) serpentin.]

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

Sanskrit

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