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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complain

/kəmˈpleɪn/ verb

Forms complains complaining complained

  1. verb (intransitive) To express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment. “Joe was always complaining about the noise made by his neighbours.”
  2. verb (intransitive) To state the presence of something negative; to indicate that one is suffering from something; to report (e.g.) a symptom. “The patient complained of headache, nausea, and joint pain.”
  3. verb (intransitive) To make a formal accusation or bring a formal charge. “They've complained about me to the police again.”
  4. verb To creak or squeak, as a timber or wheel. “the complaining bed-springs”

Synonyms

beef bellyache bemoan bitch bleat whimper carp chunter crab croak dump on frine girn give out grumble grotch grouse grouch grump gruntle kick plain sound off quetch kvetch

Antonyms

cheer

Etymology

From Middle English complaynen, from Old French complaindre, from Medieval Latin complangere (“to bewail, complain”), from Latin com- (“together”) + plangere (“to strike, beat, as the breast in extreme grief, bewail”); see plain, plaint.

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To give utterance to expression of grief, pain, censure, regret.
  2. verb To make a formal accusation; to make a charge.
  3. verb To lament; to bewail. [Obs.]

Etymology [F. complaindre, LL. complangere; com- + L. plangere to strike, beat, to beat the breast or head as a sign of grief, to lament. See Plaint.]

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

Sanskrit

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