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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diplomatic

/ˌdɪpləˈmætɪk/ adjective, noun

Forms diplomatical diplomatick

  1. adjective Concerning the relationships between the governments of countries. “She spent thirty years working for Canada's diplomatic service.”
  2. adjective Exhibiting diplomacy; exercising tact or courtesy; using discussion to avoid hard feelings, fights or arguments. “Thoughtful corrections can be diplomatic as well as instructional.”
  3. adjective Describing a publication of a text which follows a single basic manuscript, but with variants in other manuscripts noted in the critical apparatus.
  4. adjective Relating to diplomatics, or the study of old texts; paleographic.
  5. noun The science of diplomas, or the art of deciphering ancient writings and determining their age, authenticity, etc.; paleography.

Synonyms

diplomatical

Antonyms

undiplomatic

Etymology

From French diplomatique and its etymon New Latin diplōmaticus. By surface analysis, diplomat + -ic.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Pertaining to diplomacy; relating to the foreign ministers at a court, who are called the diplomatic body.
  2. adjective Characterized by tact and shrewdness; dexterous; artful; as, diplomatic management.
  3. noun A minister, official agent, or envoy to a foreign court; a diplomatist.

Etymology [Cf. diplomatique.]

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