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

“attendants” is a form of

attendant

/əˈtɛndənt/ noun, adjective

Forms attendants attendaunt

  1. noun One who attends; one who works with or watches over someone or something. “Give your keys to the parking attendants and they will park your car for you.”
  2. noun A servant or valet.
  3. noun (chiefly archaic) A visitor or caller; one who attends (is present at or regularly goes to) some event or place.
  4. noun That which accompanies or follows.
  5. noun (law) One who owes a duty or service to another.
  6. adjective Going with; associated; concomitant. “They promoted him to supervisor, with all the attendant responsibilities and privileges.”
  7. adjective (law) Depending on, or owing duty or service to. “the widow attendant to the heir”

Synonyms

attender assistant tender attendee meeter accompaniment concomitant co-occurrence consequent accompanying incidental ensuant resultant sequent

Etymology

From Middle English attendant, attendaunt, from Old French attendant. By surface analysis, attend + -ant.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Being present, or in the train; accompanying; in waiting.
  2. adjective Accompanying, connected with, or immediately following, as consequential; consequent; as, intemperance with all its attendant evils.
  3. noun One who attends or accompanies in any character whatever, as a friend, companion, servant, agent, or suitor. "A train of attendants." Hallam.
  4. noun One who is present and takes part in the proceedings; as, an attendant at a meeting.

Etymology [F. attendant, p. pr. of attendre. See Attend, v. t.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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