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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crossing

UK /ˈkɹɒsɪŋ/ · US /ˈkɹɔsɪŋ/ noun, adjective, proper noun

Also a form of cross

Forms crossings xing

  1. noun Cross-breeding.
  2. noun Opposition; thwarting.
  3. noun An intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross.
  4. noun A place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed. “Please, cross at the crossing.”
  5. noun The act by which terrain or a road etc. is crossed.
  6. noun A voyage across a body of water.
  7. noun (architecture) The volume formed by the intersection of chancel, nave and transepts in a cruciform church; often with a tower or cupola over it.
  8. noun Movement into a crossed position.
  9. adjective (rare) Extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction.
  10. proper noun A barangay of Uson, Masbate, Philippines.
  11. proper noun Former name of Ogod: a barangay of Donsol, Sorsogon, Philippines.
  12. proper noun A barangay of San Isidro, Leyte, Philippines.
  13. proper noun Former name of San Pascual: a barangay of Santa Rita, Samar, Philippines.
  14. proper noun A barangay of Libona, Bukidnon, Philippines.
  15. proper noun A barangay of Kitcharao, Agusan del Norte, Philippines.

Synonyms

ford intersection crossroad crossway carrefour crosswalk crossover hybridization hybridisation crossbreeding cross interbreeding hybridizing

Etymology

By surface analysis, cross + -ing.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The act by which anything is crossed; as, the crossing of the ocean.
  2. noun The act of making the sign of the cross. Bp. Hall.

Etymology [See Cross, v. t.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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