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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testimony

UK /ˈtɛstɪməni/ · US /ˈtɛstɪmoʊni/ noun

Forms testimonies testimonie

  1. noun (law) Statements made by a witness in court.
  2. noun An account of first-hand experience.
  3. noun (religion) In a church service (or religious service), a personal account, such as one's conversion, testimony of faith, or life testimony.
  4. noun Witness; evidence; proof of some fact. “This new win is testimony to the tactical skill of their coach.”

Synonyms

deposition testament testimonial

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English testimonie, from Old French testimonie, from Latin testimōnium (“testimony”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A solemn declaration or affirmation made for the purpose of establishing or proving some fact.
  2. noun Affirmation; declaration; as, these doctrines are supported by the uniform testimony of the fathers; the belief of past facts must depend on the evidence of human testimony, or the testimony of historians.
  3. verb To witness; to attest; to prove by testimony. [Obs.] Shak.

Etymology [L. testimonium, from testis a witness: cf. OF. testimoine, testemoine, testimonie. See Testify.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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