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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voluntary

UK /ˈvɒl.ən.tɹi/ · US /ˈvɑ.lənˌt(ɛ)ɹi/ adjective, adverb, noun

Forms voluntaries

  1. adjective Done, given, or acting of one's own free will.
  2. adjective Done by design or intention; intentional. “If a man accidentally kills another by lopping a tree, it is not voluntary manslaughter.”
  3. adjective Working or done without payment. “Wikimedia is a voluntary service.”
  4. adjective Endowed with the power of willing.
  5. adjective Of or relating to voluntarism. “a voluntary church, in distinction from an established or state church”
  6. adverb (obsolete) Voluntarily.
  7. noun (music) A short piece of music, often having improvisation, played on a solo instrument.
  8. noun A volunteer.
  9. noun A supporter of voluntarism; a voluntarist.

Synonyms

intentional honorary pro bono unpaid unsalaried unwaged autonomous spontaneous discretionary optional volitional willful volunteer military volunteer

Antonyms

antonym(s) of compulsory obligatory accidental paid salaried involuntary

Etymology

From Middle English voluntarie, from Old French volontaire, from Latin voluntārius (“willing, of free will”), from voluntās (“will, choice, desire”), from volēns, present participle of volo (“to will”). Displaced native Old English selfwille (literally “self-willed”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Proceeding from the will; produced in or by an act of choice.
  2. adjective Unconstrained by the interference of another; unimpelled by the influence of another; not prompted or persuaded by another; done of his or its own accord; spontaneous; acting of one's self, or of itself; free.
  3. noun One who engages in any affair of his own free will; a volunteer.
  4. noun A piece played by a musician, often extemporarily, according to his fancy; specifically, an organ solo played before, during, or after divine service.

Etymology [L. voluntarius, fr. voluntas will, choice, from the root of velle to will, p. pr. volens; akin to E. will: cf. F. volontaire, Of. also voluntaire. See Will, v. t., and cf. Benevolent, Volition, Volunteer.]

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

Sanskrit

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