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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attainment

/əˈteɪnmənt/ noun

Forms attainments

  1. noun The act of attaining; the act of arriving at or reaching; the act of obtaining by effort or exertion. “My attainment of proficiency in German was due to years upon years of study.”
  2. noun That which is attained, or obtained by exertion.

Synonyms

accomplishment acquirement acquisition attain skill

Etymology

From attain + -ment; compare Old French ataignement.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The act of attaining; the act of arriving at or reaching; hence, the act of obtaining by efforts.
  2. noun That which is attained to, or obtained by exertion; acquirement; acquisition; (pl.), mental acquirements; knowledge; as, literary and scientific attainments.

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

Sanskrit

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

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