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

“downfalls” is a form of

downfall

/ˈdaʊnfɔːl/ noun, verb

Forms downfalls downfalling downfell downfallen downfal

  1. noun A precipitous decline in fortune; death or rapid deterioration, as in status or wealth. “Many economic and political reasons led to the downfall of the Roman Empire.”
  2. noun The cause of such a fall; a critical blow or error.
  3. noun An act of falling down. “a downfall of rain”
  4. verb (intransitive) To fall down; deteriorate; decline.

Synonyms

fall doom ruin ruination precipitation

Etymology

From down- + fall. In this spelling, from 16th century; spelled as two words from 13th century.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A sudden fall; a body of things falling.
  2. noun A sudden descent from rank or state, reputation or happiness; destruction; ruin.

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

Sanskrit

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