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

“cieling” is a form of

ceiling

UK /ˈsiːlɪŋ/ · US /ˈsilɪŋ/ noun

Forms ceilings

  1. noun The overhead closure of a room. “The dining room had an ornate ceiling.”
  2. noun The upper limit of an object or action.
  3. noun (aviation) The highest altitude at which an aircraft can safely maintain flight.
  4. noun (meteorology) The measurement of visible distance from ground or sea level to an overcast cloud cover; under a clear sky, the ceiling measurement is identified as "unlimited." “Even though it was cloudy, there was still enough ceiling for the Blue Angels to perform a great show.”
  5. noun (mathematics) The smallest integer greater than or equal to a given number. “The ceiling of 4.5 is 5; the ceiling of −4.5 is −4.”
  6. noun (nautical) The inner planking of a vessel.
  7. noun (finance) The maximum permitted level in a financial transaction.
  8. noun (architecture) The overhead interior surface that covers the upper limits of a room.

Synonyms

cap ceil roof

Antonyms

floor

Etymology

From Middle English celing (“paneling; (bed) cover or hanging”), from celen (“to cover or panel walls”) (from Old French celer (“to conceal”)) + -ing (gerund-forming suffix). By surface analysis, ceil + -ing.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun (a) The inside lining of a room overhead; the under side of the floor above; the upper surface opposite to the floor.
  2. noun The inner planking of a vessel. Camp ceiling. See under Camp.

Etymology [See Cell, v. t.]

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

Sanskrit

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