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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“outlets” is a form of

outlet

/ˈaʊtlɛt/ noun

Forms outlets

  1. noun A vent or similar passage to allow the escape of something.
  2. noun Something which allows for the release of one's desires. “Jamie found doing martial arts was a great outlet for her stress.”
  3. noun A river that runs out of a lake.
  4. noun A shop that sells the products of a particular manufacturer or supplier.
  5. noun A wall-mounted socket connected to an electrical power supply, at which current can be taken to run electrical devices. “I had to move the cupboard to get to the power outlet.”

Synonyms

mercantile establishment retail store sales outlet wall socket wall plug electric outlet electrical outlet electric receptacle exit issue way out release vent

Etymology

From Middle English outlete, outeleate, ut-lete, derived from Middle English outleten (“to allow, let out, emit”), equivalent to out- + let. Compare West Frisian útlit (“outlet”), Dutch uitlaat (“outlet”), German Auslass (“outlet”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The place or opening by which anything is let out; a passage out; an exit; a vent.
  2. verb To let out; to emit. [R.] Daniel.

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

Sanskrit

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