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

ensign

/ˈɛn.sɪn/ noun, verb, proper noun

Forms ensigns ensigning ensigned

  1. noun A badge of office, rank, or power.
  2. noun The lowest grade of commissioned officer in the United States Navy, junior to a lieutenant junior grade.
  3. noun A flag or banner carried by military units; a standard or color/colour.
  4. noun (nautical) The principal flag or banner flown by a ship (usually at the stern) to indicate nationality.
  5. noun Any prominent flag or banner.
  6. noun (historical) A junior commissioned officer in the 18th and 19th centuries whose duty was to carry the unit's ensign.
  7. verb (obsolete) To designate as by an ensign.
  8. verb To distinguish by a mark or ornament.
  9. verb (heraldry) To distinguish by an ornament, especially by a crown. “Any charge which has a crown immediately above or upon it, is said to be ensigned.”
  10. proper noun A surname.
  11. proper noun A hamlet in Vulcan County, Alberta, Canada.
  12. proper noun A minor city in Gray County, Kansas, United States, named after founder G. L. Ensign.
  13. proper noun A township in Delta County, Michigan, United States.
  14. proper noun (Mormonism) The official magazine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Synonyms

ancient badge coronet second lieutenant national flag

Etymology

From Middle English ensigne, from Old French enseigne, from Latin īnsignia, nominative plural of īnsigne, meaning marked, distinguished. Doublet of insignia.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A flag; a banner; a standard; esp., the national flag, or a banner indicating nationality, carried by a ship or a body of soldiers; --as distinguished from flags indicating divisions of the army, rank of naval officers, or private signals, and the like.
  2. noun A signal displayed like a standard, to give notice.
  3. verb To designate as by an ensign. [Obs.]
  4. verb To distinguish by a mark or ornament; esp. (Her.), by a crown; thus, any charge which has a crown immediately above or upon it, is said to be ensigned.

Etymology [L. enseigne, L. insignia, pl. of insigne a distinctive mark, badge, flag; in + signum mark, sign. See Sign, and cf. Insignia, 3d Ancient.]

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

Sanskrit

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