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

“circuits” is a form of

circuit

UK /ˈsɜː.kɪt/ · US /ˈsɝ.kɪt/ noun, verb

Forms circuits circuiting circuited

  1. noun The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution
  2. noun The circumference of, or distance around, any space; the measure of a line around an area.
  3. noun That which encircles anything, as a ring or crown.
  4. noun The space enclosed within a circle, or within limits.
  5. noun (electricity) Enclosed path of an electric current, usually designed for a certain function.
  6. noun A regular or appointed trip from place to place as part of one's job
  7. noun (law) The jurisdiction of certain judges within a state or country, whether itinerant or not.
  8. noun (Methodism) The basic grouping of local Methodist churches.
  9. verb (intransitive, obsolete) To move in a circle; to go round; to circulate.
  10. verb (transitive, obsolete) To travel around. “Having circuited the air.”
  11. noun The counties at the fringes of the empire, usually with a non-Chinese population, from the Han to the Western Jin.
  12. noun The 10 or so major provinces of the empire from the Tang to the early Yuan.
  13. noun Major provincial divisions from the Yuan to early Republican China.

Synonyms

periplus dao lu route tao electrical circuit electric circuit tour circumference racing circuit lap circle

Etymology

From Middle English circuit, from Old French circuit, from Latin circuitus (“a going round”), from circuire (“go round”), from circum (“around”) + ire.

A calque of Chinese 道 (dào) or 路 (lù).

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution; as, the periodical circuit of the earth round the sun. Watts.
  2. noun The circumference of, or distance round, any space; the measure of a line round an area.
  3. verb To move in a circle; to go round; to circulate. [Obs.] J. Philips.
  4. verb To travel around. [Obs.] "Having circuited the air." T. Warton.

Etymology [F. circuit, fr. L. circuitus, fr. circuire or circumire to go around; circum around + ire to go.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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