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

comparative

/kəmˈpæɹətɪv/ adjective, noun

Forms comparatives

  1. adjective Of or relating to comparison. “He gave us a comparative example to illustrate how the human mind works.”
  2. adjective Using comparison as a method of study, or founded on something using it. “A comparative study between Homo Sapiens and Homo neanderthalensis.”
  3. adjective Approximated by comparison; relative. “I've passed the test with comparative ease.”
  4. adjective (obsolete) Comparable; bearing comparison.
  5. noun (grammar) The degree of comparison of an adjective or adverb used when comparing two entities in terms of a certain property or a certain way of doing something. In English, the comparative of superiority is formed by adding the suffix -er or the word more (e.g. bigger, more fully); the comparative of equality, by adding the word as (e.g. as big, as fully); the comparative of inferiority, by adding the word less (e.g. less big, less fully).
  6. noun (grammar) An adjective or adverb in the comparative degree.
  7. noun (chiefly in the plural) Data used to make a comparison.
  8. noun (obsolete) An equal; a rival; a compeer.
  9. noun (obsolete) One who makes comparisons; one who affects wit.

Synonyms

comparative degree relative

Etymology

From Middle English comparatif, from Middle French comparatif, from Latin comparātīvus, equivalent to comparātus, from comparāre (“to compare”) + -ive, from Latin -īvus.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Of or pertaining to comparison. "The comparative faculty." Granvill.
  2. adjective Proceeding from, or by the method of, comparison; as, the comparative anatomy.
  3. noun The comparative degree of adjectives and adverbs; also, the form by which the comparative degree is expressed; as, stronger, wiser, weaker, wore stormy, less windy, are all comparatives.
  4. noun An equal; a rival; a compeer. [Obs.]

Etymology [L. comparativus: cf. F. comparatif.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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