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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illusion

UK /ɪˈl(j)uːʒ(ə)n/ · US [ɪˈluː.ʒən] noun

Forms illusions

  1. noun (psychology, countable) A distortion of sensory perception where real stimuli lead to a false or misleading impression of reality. “We saw what looked like a tiger among the trees, but it was an illusion caused by the shadows of the branches.”
  2. noun (countable) A misapprehension; a belief in something that is in fact not true. “Jane has this illusion that John is in love with her.”
  3. noun (countable) A magician’s trick.
  4. noun (uncountable) The state of being deceived or misled.

Synonyms

misapprehension misbelief misconception mirage phantom delusion semblance fantasy phantasy fancy head game magic trick conjuring trick trick magic legerdemain conjuration thaumaturgy deception

Etymology

From Old French illusion, from Latin illūsiō, from illūdere, from in- (“at, upon”) + lūdere (“to play, mock, trick”). Displaced native Old English dwimmer.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun An unreal image presented to the bodily or mental vision; a deceptive appearance; a false show; mockery; hallucination.
  2. noun Hence: Anything agreeably fascinating and charning; enchantment; witchery; glamour.

Etymology [F. illusion, L. illusio, fr. illudere, illusum, to illude. See Illude.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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