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.

English Dictionary · 107,383 entries · Sources & licences

“areas” is a form of

area

/ˈɛəɹi.ə/ noun

Forms areas areæ

  1. noun (mathematics) A measure of the extent of a surface; it is measured in square units.
  2. noun A particular geographic region.
  3. noun Any particular extent of surface, especially an empty or unused extent. “The photo is a little dark in that area.”
  4. noun The extent, scope, or range of an object or concept. “The plans are a bit vague in that area.”
  5. noun (UK) An open space, below ground level, giving access to the basement of a house, and typically separated from the pavement by railings.
  6. noun (soccer) Penalty box; penalty area.
  7. noun (slang) Genitals.

Synonyms

country region sphere domain orbit field arena expanse surface area

Etymology

L. area a broad piece of level groAre, n.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun Any plane surface, as of the floor of a room or church, or of the ground within an inclosure; an open space in a building.
  2. noun The inclosed space on which a building stands.

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

Sanskrit

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