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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fiery

/ˈfaɪəɹi/ adjective

Forms fierier fieriest

  1. adjective Of or relating to fire.
  2. adjective Burning or glowing.
  3. adjective Inflammable or easily ignited.
  4. adjective Having the colour of fire.
  5. adjective Hot or inflamed.
  6. adjective Tempestuous or emotionally volatile; sulfurous. “a fiery temper”
  7. adjective Spirited or filled with emotion.
  8. adjective (butchery) Having the capillaries contracted due to stress at time of slaughter, causing blood to not drain properly.

Synonyms

ardent fervent fervid impassioned perfervid torrid igneous flaming

Etymology

From Middle English fyry, from fyr (“fire”), equivalent to fire + -y.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Consisting of, containing, or resembling, fire; as, the fiery gulf of Etna; a fiery appearance.
  2. adjective Vehement; ardent; very active; impetuous.

Etymology [Formerly written firy, fr. fire.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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