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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modest

/ˈmɑdəst/ adjective

Forms modester modestest

  1. adjective Not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements; unpretentious, humble.
  2. adjective Small, moderate in size. “He earns a modest amount of money.”
  3. adjective Pure and delicate from a sense of propriety. “modest thoughts or language”
  4. adjective (especially of behavior or clothing) Intending to avoid the encouraging of sexual attraction in others.

Synonyms

demure meek abased diffident humble humble-hearted low lowly mild poor resigned self-effacing unpretentious verecund moderate tiny average intermediate middle middling small minor small-scale pocket-size pocket-sized

Antonyms

arrogant immodest airy chesty authoritarian biggity big-headed blustery turgescent boastful lordly bombastic

Etymology

From Middle French modeste, from Latin modestus.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Restraining within due limits of propriety; not forward, bold, boastful, or presumptious; rather retiring than pushing one's self forward; not obstructive; as, a modest youth; a modest man.
  2. adjective Observing the proprieties of the sex; not unwomanly in act or bearing; free from undue familiarity, indecency, or lewdness; decent in speech and demeanor; --said of a woman.

Etymology [F. modeste, L. modestus, fr. modus measure. See Mode.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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