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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conventional

/kənˈvɛnʃənl̩/ adjective, noun

Forms conventionals

  1. adjective Pertaining to a convention, as in following generally accepted principles, methods and behaviour.
  2. adjective Ordinary, commonplace. “They wear conventional clothes, eat conventional food, and keep conventional hours.”
  3. adjective Banal, trite, hackneyed, unoriginal or clichéd.
  4. adjective (weaponry) Pertaining to a weapon which is not a weapon of mass destruction.
  5. adjective (agriculture) Making use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides.
  6. adjective (bridge) In accordance with a bidding convention, as opposed to a natural bid.
  7. noun (finance) A conventional gilt-edged security, a kind of bond paying the holder a fixed cash payment (or coupon) every six months until maturity, at which point the holder receives the final payment and the return of the principal.

Synonyms

canonical typical customary traditional commensurate compatible compliant conformable conformant congruent congruous consistent in line in step proportionate uniform halal homodox kosher orthodox established formal schematic ceremonious

Antonyms

atypical out of the ordinary unconventional nonconventional imaginative nuclear organic natural

Etymology

From convention + -al.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Formed by agreement or compact; stipulated.
  2. adjective Growing out of, or depending on, custom or tacit agreement; sanctioned by general concurrence or usage; formal. "Conventional decorum." Whewell.

Etymology [L. conventionalis: cf. F. conventionnel.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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