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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delicate

UK /ˈdɛl.ɪ.kət/ · US /ˈdɛl.ɪ.kɪt/ adjective, noun

Forms delicater delicatest delicates

  1. adjective Easily damaged or requiring careful handling. “Those clothes are made from delicate lace.”
  2. adjective Characterized by a fine structure or thin lines. “Her face was delicate.”
  3. adjective Intended for use with fragile items. “Set the washing machine to the delicate cycle.”
  4. adjective Refined; gentle; scrupulous not to trespass or offend; considerate; said of manners, conduct, or feelings. “delicate behaviour”
  5. adjective Of weak health; easily sick; unable to endure hardship. “a delicate child”
  6. adjective (informal) Unwell, especially because of having drunk too much alcohol. “Please don't speak so loudly: I'm feeling a bit delicate this morning.”
  7. adjective (obsolete) Addicted to pleasure; luxurious; voluptuous; alluring.
  8. adjective Pleasing to the senses; refined; adapted to please an elegant or cultivated taste. “a delicate dish”
  9. noun A delicate item of clothing, especially underwear or lingerie. “Don't put that in with your jeans: it's a delicate!”
  10. noun (obsolete) A choice dainty; a delicacy.
  11. noun (obsolete) A delicate, luxurious, or effeminate person.
  12. noun A moth of the species Mythimna vitellina.

Synonyms

fragile frail soft finespun ticklish touchy

Antonyms

rugged

Etymology

From Middle English delicat, from Latin dēlicātus (“giving pleasure, delightful, soft, luxurious, delicate, (in Medieval Latin also) fine, slender”), from dēlicia + -ātus (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), usually in plural dēliciae (“pleasure, delight, luxury”), from dēliciō (“to allure, entice”), from dē- (“away”) + laciō (“to lure, to deceive”), from Proto-Italic *lakjō (“to draw, pull”), of unknown ultimate origin. Compare delight, delicious and Spanish delgado (“thin, skinny”). The noun is from a substantivization of the adjective (see -ate).

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Addicted to pleasure; luxurious; voluptuous; alluring. [R.]
  2. adjective Pleasing to the senses; refinedly; hence, adapted to please a nice or cultivated taste; nice; fine; elegant; as, a delicate dish; delicate flavor.
  3. noun A choice dainty; a delicacy. [R.]
  4. noun A delicate, luxurious, or effeminate person.

Etymology [L. delicatus pleasing the senses, voluptuous, soft and tender; akin to deliciae delight: cf. F. délicat. See Delight.]

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

Sanskrit

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