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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peace

/ˈpiːs/ noun, interjection, verb, proper noun

Forms peaces peacing peaced

  1. noun A state of tranquility, quiet, and harmony. For instance, a state free from civil disturbance. “Our lounge strives to maintain an environment of peace for the comfort of our customers.”
  2. noun A feeling of tranquility, free from oppressive and unpleasant thoughts and emotions. “The safety equipment will give me some peace of mind.”
  3. noun (figuratively, euphemistic) Death.
  4. noun Harmony in personal relations.
  5. noun A state free of war, in particular war between different countries. “May there be peace in our time.”
  6. interjection (archaic) Shut up!, silence!; be quiet, be silent.
  7. interjection (slang) Peace out; goodbye.
  8. verb To make peace; to put at peace; to be at peace.
  9. verb (slang) To peace out.
  10. proper noun A surname.
  11. proper noun A female given name.
  12. proper noun A municipal district in north-west Alberta, Canada; in full, the Municipal District of Peace No. 135.
  13. proper noun A township in Kanabec County, Minnesota, United States.

Synonyms

frith peacefulness peace of mind repose serenity heartsease ataraxis public security peace treaty pacification

Antonyms

disruption noise irritation war violence

Etymology

From Middle English pees, pes, pais, borrowed from Anglo-Norman peis and Old French pais (“peace”), from Latin pāx (“peace”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- (“to fasten, stick, place”), related to Latin pacīscor (“agree, stipulate”), Latin pangō (“fasten, fix”); see pact. Doublet of pax. Displaced native Old English sibb, frēols, and broadly ousted friþ (modern frith).

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A state of quiet or tranquillity; freedom from disturbance or agitation; calm; repose; specifically: (a) Exemption from, or cessation of, war with public enemies.
  2. verb To make or become quiet; to be silent; to stop. [R.] "Peace your tattlings." Shak.

Etymology [OE. pees, pais, OF. pais, paiz, pes, F. paix, L. pax, pacis, akin to pacere, paciscere, pacisci, to make an agreement, and prob. also pangere to fasten. Cf. Appease, Fair, a., Fay, v., Fang, Pacify, Pact, Pay to requite.]

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

Sanskrit

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