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

impotent

/ˈɪm.pə.tənt/ adjective, noun

Forms impotents

  1. adjective Lacking physical strength or vigor; weak
  2. adjective Lacking in power, as to act effectively; helpless
  3. adjective Incapable of sexual intercourse, often because of an inability to achieve or sustain an erection, having impotentia coeundi.
  4. adjective (of a male) Sterile
  5. adjective (obsolete) Lacking self-restraint
  6. noun A man who has erectile dysfunction
  7. noun An impotent or powerless person

Synonyms

feeble puny weak helpless powerless incontinent wet noodle

Antonyms

potent priapist

Etymology

From Old French impotent, from Latin impotēns, from in- (expresses negation) + potēns (“powerful”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Not potent; wanting power, strength. or vigor. whether physical, intellectual, or moral; deficient in capacity; destitute of force; weak; feeble; infirm.
  2. adjective Wanting the power of self-restraint; incontrolled; ungovernable; violent.
  3. noun One who is imoitent. [R.] Shak.

Etymology [F. impotent, L. impotens, -entis; pref. im- not + potens potent, powerful. See Potent.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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