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

“observances” is a form of

observance

UK /əbˈzɜːvəns/ · US /əbˈzɝvəns/ noun

Forms observances observancy observaunce

  1. noun The practice of complying with a law, custom, command or rule.
  2. noun The custom of celebrating a holiday or similar occasion.
  3. noun Observation or the act of watching.
  4. noun (religion) A rule governing a religious order, especially in the Roman Catholic church.
  5. noun That which is to be observed.
  6. noun Reverence; homage.

Synonyms

observation watching ceremony ceremonial ceremonial occasion notice honoring

Antonyms

misobservance nonobservance

Etymology

From Old French observance, from Latin observantia. Equivalent of observe + -ance.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The act or practice of observing or noticing with attention; a heeding or keeping with care; performance; --usually with a sense of strictness and fidelity; as, the observance of the Sabbath is general; the strict observance of duties.
  2. noun An act, ceremony, or rite, as of worship or respect; especially, a customary act or service of attention; a form; a practice; a rite; a custom.

Etymology [F.observance, L. observantia. See Observant.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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