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

“consorted” is a form of

consort

UK /ˈkɒnsɔːt/ · US /ˈkɑnsɔɹt/ noun, adjective, verb, proper noun

Forms consorts consorting consorted

  1. noun The spouse of a monarch.
  2. noun A husband, wife, companion or partner.
  3. noun (euphemistic, sometimes humorous) An informal, usually well-publicized sexual companion of a monarch, aristocrat, celebrity, etc.
  4. noun A ship accompanying another.
  5. noun (uncountable) Association or partnership.
  6. noun A group or company, especially of musicians playing the same type of instrument.
  7. noun (obsolete) Harmony of sounds; concert, as of musical instruments.
  8. adjective (postpositive) of a title, by virtue of one's (living) spouse; often contrasted with regnant and dowager “Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother took on nearly as many duties as queen dowager, after her husband's death, as she had had when she was queen consort during his reign.”
  9. verb (intransitive) To associate or keep company (with).
  10. verb (intransitive) To be in agreement.
  11. proper noun A village in Alberta, Canada.

Synonyms

spouse association partnership band group companion escort hang out associate agree concur choir affiliate assort harmonize harmonise accord concord fit in run

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French, ultimately from Latin cōnsors. As “companion or partner”, via Middle English consorte.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun One who shares the lot of another; a companion; a partner; especially, a wife or husband. Milton.
  2. noun A ship keeping company with another.
  3. verb To unite or to keep company; to associate; --used with with.
  4. verb To unite or join, as in affection, harmony, company, marriage, etc.; to associate.

Etymology [L. consore, -sortis; con- + sors lot, fate, share. See Sort.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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