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

“parasols” is a form of

parasol

UK /ˈpæɹəˌsɒl/ · US /ˈpɛɹəˌsɑl/ noun, verb

Forms parasols parasoling parasolling parasoled parasolled

  1. noun A small light umbrella used as protection from the sun.
  2. noun A miniature paper umbrella used as a decoration in tropical-themed cocktails.
  3. noun A sun umbrella for garden use etc., mounted on a stand; these can be foldable and demountable.
  4. noun (architecture) A roof or covering of a structure designed to provide cover from wind, rain, or sun.
  5. noun Any of various Asian species of libellulid dragonfly of the genus Neurothemis.
  6. noun A parasol mushroom (Macrolepiota procera)
  7. verb (transitive) To protect with, or as if with, a parasol; to shade.

Synonyms

sunshade sun umbrella beach umbrella chatta chatra

Etymology

From French parasol, from Italian parasole, from para- (“to shield”) + sole (“sun”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A kind of small umbrella used by women as a protection from the sun.
  2. verb To shade as with a parasol. [R.]

Etymology [F., fr. Sp. or Pg. parasol, or It. parasole; It. parare to ward off, Sp. & Pg. parar (L. parare to prepare) + It. sole sun, Sp. & Pg. sol (L. sol). See Parry, Solar.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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