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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favourable

/ˈfeɪv(ə)ɹəbəl/ adjective

Forms favorable

  1. adjective Apt to win favour; pleasing. “The candidate wearing the business suit made a favourable impression.”
  2. adjective Expressing or indicating favour or goodwill; approving, encouraging. “The proposal has received many favourable comments.”
  3. adjective Useful or helpful. “We made quick progress, due to favourable winds.”
  4. adjective Convenient or at a suitable time; opportune. “The rain stopped at a favourable time for our tennis match.”
  5. adjective Auspicious or lucky. “She says that she was born under a favourable star.”

Synonyms

good pleasing approving encouraging positive advantageous helpful useful propitious convenient handy opportune suitable auspicious fortunate lucky favorable golden prosperous

Antonyms

bad displeasing unfavorable disapproving discouraging negative unfavourable unhelpful inconvenient inopportune unsuitable inauspicious

Etymology

From Middle English favourable, from Old French favorable, from Latin favōrābilis, from favor. By surface analysis, favour + -able.

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 — from the Wiktionary entry “favourable”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

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

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