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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“Victors” is a form of

victor

UK /ˈvɪk.tə(ɹ)/ · US /ˈvɪk.tɚ/ noun, proper noun

Forms victors Victour

  1. noun The winner in a fight or contest.
  2. noun (World War II era, joint US/RAF) radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter V.
  3. proper noun A male given name from Latin.
  4. proper noun An unincorporated community in Freeman Township, Pope County, Arkansas.
  5. proper noun A census-designated place in San Joaquin County, California.
  6. proper noun A city in Teller County, Colorado.
  7. proper noun A city in Teton County, Idaho.
  8. proper noun An unincorporated community in Indian Creek Township, Monroe County, Indiana.
  9. proper noun A town in Poweshiek County and Iowa County, Iowa.
  10. proper noun A ghost town in Blue Hills Township, Mitchell County, Kansas.

Synonyms

winner conqueror master superior

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English victour, victor, from Anglo-Norman victor, Latin victor (“conqueror”). Doublet of Victor.

From a Late Latin personal name Victor, borne by several saints, from victor (“conqueror”). Doublet of victor.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The winner in a contest; one who gets the better of another in any struggle; esp., one who defeats an enemy in battle; a vanquisher; a conqueror; --often followed by art, rarely by of. In love, the victors from the vanquished fly; They fly that wound, and they pursue that die. Waller.
  2. noun A destroyer. [R. & Poetic]
  3. adjective Victorious. "The victor Greeks." Pope.

Etymology [L. victor, fr. vincere, victum, to vanquish, to conquer. See Vanquish.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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