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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partner

UK /ˈpɑːt.nə(ɹ)/ · US /ˈpɑɹt.nɚ/ noun, verb, proper noun

Forms partners partnering partnered

  1. noun Either of a pair of people or things that belong together.
  2. noun Someone who is associated with another in a common activity or interest. “business partner”
  3. noun A member of a business or law partnership.
  4. noun (LGBTQ) A spouse or other person with whom one shares a domestic, romantic, or sexual bond.
  5. noun Someone with whom one dances in a two-person dance.
  6. noun Someone with whom one plays on the same side in a game, such as card games or doubles tennis.
  7. noun (nautical) One of the pieces of wood comprising the framework which strengthens the deck of a wooden ship around the holes through which the mast and other fittings pass.
  8. noun (Jamaica) A group financial arrangement in which each member contributes a set amount of money over a set period.
  9. verb (transitive) To join as a partner.
  10. verb (intransitive, often with with) To work or perform as a partner.
  11. proper noun A surname.

Synonyms

spouse married person mate better half collaborator cooperator pardner

Etymology

From Middle English partener, partiner, alteration (due to Middle English part) of Middle English parcener, from Old French parçonier, parçonneour (“joint heir”) from parçon (“partition”), from Latin partītiōnem, singular accusative of partītiō (“portion”). The word may also represent Old French part tenour (“part holder”). Compare also Middle English partifere (“partner”), partifelewe (“partner”). Doublet of parcener.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun One who has a part in anything with an other; a partaker; an associate; a sharer. "Partner of his fortune." Shak. Hence: (a) A husband or a wife. (b) Either one of a couple who dance together. (c) One who shares as a member of a partnership in the management, or in the gains and losses, of a business.
  2. noun An associate in any business or occupation; a member of a partnership. See Partnership.
  3. verb To associate, to join. [Obs.] Shak.

Etymology [For parcener, influenced by part.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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