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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peculiar

UK /pɪˈkjuː.li.ə/ · US /pɪˈkjul.jɚ/ adjective, noun

Forms peculiars

  1. adjective Out of the ordinary; odd; strange; unusual. “The sky had a peculiar appearance before the storm.”
  2. adjective Common or usual for a certain place or circumstance; specific or particular. “Kangaroos are peculiar to Australia.”
  3. adjective (dated) One's own; belonging solely or especially to an individual; not shared or possessed by others.
  4. adjective (dated) Particular; individual; special; appropriate.
  5. noun That which is peculiar; a sole or exclusive property; a prerogative; a characteristic.
  6. noun (UK, canon law) an ecclesiastical district, parish, chapel or church outside the jurisdiction of the bishop of the diocese in which it is situated.

Synonyms

odd strange uncommon unusual specific curious funny queer rum rummy singular particular special

Antonyms

common mediocre ordinary usual general universal

Etymology

From Latin pecūliāris (“one's own”), from pecūlium (“private property”), from pecus (“cattle”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective One's own; belonging solely or especially to an individual; not possessed by others; of private, personal, or characteristic possession and use; not owned in common or in participation.
  2. adjective Particular; individual; special; appropriate.
  3. noun That which is peculiar; a sole or exclusive property; a prerogative; a characteristic.
  4. noun A particular parish or church which is exempt from the jurisdiction of the ordinary. Court of Peculiars (Eng. Law), a branch of the Court of Arches having cognizance of the affairs of peculiars.

Etymology [L. peculiaris, fr. peculium private property, akin to pecunia money: cf. OF. peculier. See Pecuniary.]

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

Sanskrit

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