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

efficiency

/ɪˈfɪʃ.ən.si/ noun

Forms efficiencies

  1. noun The extent to which a resource is used for the intended purpose.
  2. noun (engineering, physics) The ratio of useful work to energy expended. Often given the symbol η. “The efficiency of this loudspeaker is 40%.”
  3. noun The extent to which time is well used for the intended task. “The efficiency of the planning department is deplorable.”
  4. noun (dated) The quality of producing an effect or effects.
  5. noun (US) A one-room apartment. “I have an efficiency available June through July.”

Synonyms

efficiency apartment studio apartment bedsit

Antonyms

inefficiency wastefulness

Etymology

From Latin efficientia, equivalent to efficient + -cy.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The quality of being efficient or producing an effect or effects; efficient power; effectual agency.
  2. noun The ratio of useful work to energy expended. Rankine.

Etymology [L. efficientia.]

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

Sanskrit

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