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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confederate

/kənˈfɛdəɹət/ adjective, noun, verb

Forms confederates confederating confederated confœderate

  1. adjective Of, relating to, or united in a confederacy
  2. adjective Banded together; allied.
  3. adjective (obsolete or archaic, as a participle) Confederated.
  4. noun A member of a confederacy.
  5. noun An accomplice in a plot.
  6. noun (psychology) An actor who participates in a psychological experiment pretending to be a subject but in actuality working for the researcher.
  7. verb (ambitransitive) To unite persons or states in a league, confederacy or conspiracy; to ally, league.
  8. adjective (historical) Of or relating to the Confederate States of America.
  9. adjective (historical) Of or relating to the political movement in favour of Confederation between Newfoundland and Canada.
  10. adjective (historical) Of or relating to Confederate Ireland or the Irish Confederate Wars.
  11. noun (historical) A citizen of the Confederate States of America.
  12. noun (historical) A supporter of Confederation between Newfoundland and Canada.
  13. noun (historical) A supporter of Irish Catholic self-rule during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.

Synonyms

ally conspirator stooge rebel southern southron Johnny Reb Southerner collaborator henchman partner in crime accomplice band together allied confederative

Antonyms

Unionist

Etymology

First attested in 1387, in Middle english; inherited from Middle English confederat(e) (“confederated, allied, associated in a plot; united or bound, as in friendship or troth”), borrowed from Late Latin cōnfoederātus perfect passive participle of cōnfoederō, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix). Regular participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English. By surface analysis, con- + federate.

First attested in 1531; borrowed from Late Latin cōnfoederātus, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more. Doublet of (obsolete) confeder.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective United in a league; allied by treaty; engaged in a confederacy; banded together; allied.
  2. adjective Of or pertaining to the government of the eleven Southern States of the United States which (1860-1865) attempted to establish an independent nation styled the Confederate States of America; as, the Confederate congress; Confederate money.
  3. noun One who is united with others in a league; a person or a nation engaged in a confederacy; an ally; also, an accomplice in a bad sense.
  4. noun A name designating an adherent to the cause of the States which attempted to withdraw from the Union (1860-1865).

Etymology [L. confoederatus, p. p. of confoederare to join by a league; con- + foederare to establish by treaty or league, fr. foedus league, compact. See Federal.]

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

Sanskrit

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