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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fond

UK /fɒnd/ · US /fɑnd/ adjective, verb, noun

Forms fonder fondest fonds fonding fonded

  1. adjective Having a liking or affection (for). [(chiefly) with of] “I am fond of this song!”
  2. adjective Affectionate. “a fond farewell”
  3. adjective Indulgent, doting. “I have fond grandparents who spoil me.”
  4. adjective Outlandish; foolish; silly. “Your fond dreams of flying to Jupiter have been quashed by the facts of reality.”
  5. adjective (obsolete) Foolish; simple; weak.
  6. adjective (obsolete) Doted on; regarded with affection.
  7. verb (obsolete) To have a foolish affection for, to be fond of.
  8. verb (obsolete) To caress; to fondle.
  9. noun The background design in lace-making.
  10. noun (cooking) Brown residue in pans from cooking meats and vegetables. “He used the fond to make a classic French pan sauce.”
  11. noun (information science) A group of records having shared provenance.
  12. noun (obsolete) Foundation; bottom; groundwork.
  13. noun (obsolete) Fund, stock, or store.

Synonyms

mad grope pet touch up affectionate lovesome tender warm adoring doting partial

Etymology

From Middle English fond, fonned, past participle of fonnen (“to be foolish, be simple, dote”), equivalent to fon + -ed. More at fon.

From French, ultimately from Latin fundus. Doublet of fund and fundus.

Webster’s 1913

  1. imp. of Find. Found. Chaucer.
  2. adjective Foolish; silly; simple; weak. [Archaic]
  3. adjective Foolishly tender and loving; weakly indulgent; over-affectionate.
  4. verb To caress; to fondle. [Obs.]

Etymology [For fonned, p. p. of OE. fonnen to be foolish. See Fon.]

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

Sanskrit

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