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

“invitations” is a form of

invitation

/ɪnvɪˈteɪʃən/ noun

Forms invitations

  1. noun The act of inviting; solicitation; the requesting of a person's company. “an invitation to a party, to a dinner, or to visit a friend”
  2. noun A document or verbal message conveying an invitation. “We need to print off fifty invitations for the party.”
  3. noun Allurement; enticement.
  4. noun (fencing) A line that is intentionally left open to encourage the opponent to attack.
  5. noun (Christianity) The brief exhortation introducing the confession in the Anglican communion-office.
  6. noun (bridge) A bid that tells one's partner that game or slam is likely if their hand is at the strong end of what they have indicated.

Synonyms

invitement lathing

Etymology

From Middle English invitacioun, ynvytacioun, from Latin invītātio, reinforced by Middle French invitation. By surface analysis, invite + -ation. Displaced native Middle English lathinge from Old English laþung (see dialectal English lathing).

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The act of inviting; solicitation; the requesting of a person's company; as, an invitation to a party, to a dinner, or to visit a friend.
  2. noun A document written or printed, or spoken words,

Etymology [L. invitatio: cf. F. invitation. See Invite.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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