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

eminence

/ˈɛmɪnəns/ noun, proper noun

Forms eminences

  1. noun Someone of high rank, reputation or social status.
  2. noun The quality or state of being eminent.
  3. noun Prominence in a particular order or accumulation; esteem.
  4. noun (geology) An elevated land area or a hill.
  5. noun (anatomy) A protuberance.
  6. noun (uncountable) A dark purple color.
  7. proper noun An unincorporated community in Morgan County, Indiana, United States.
  8. proper noun A ghost town in Finney County, Kansas, United States.
  9. proper noun A home rule city in Henry County, Kentucky, United States.
  10. proper noun A city, the county seat of Shannon County, Missouri, United States.

Synonyms

distinction prominence renown celebrity preeminence note tuberosity tubercle

Antonyms

obscurity mediocrity

Etymology

From Old French eminence, from Latin ēminentia (“prominence”, “protuberance”; “eminence”, “excellence”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun That which is eminent or lofty; a high ground or place; a height.
  2. noun An elevated condition among men; a place or station above men in general, either in rank, office, or celebrity; social or moral loftiness; high rank; distinction; preferment. Milton.

Etymology [L. eminentia, fr. eminens eminent: cf. F. éminence.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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