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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personality

UK /pɜː.səˈnæ.lə.tɪ/ · US /ˌpɜɹ.səˈnæ.lə.ti/ noun

Forms personalities

  1. noun Of people, a set of non-physical psychological and social qualities that make one person distinct from another. “The president has a unique personality.”
  2. noun Of people, charisma; qualities that make a person stand out from the crowd. “The best contestant shows most personality.”
  3. noun Of inanimate or abstract things, a set of qualities that make something distinctive or interesting. “His writing has a lot of personality.”
  4. noun An assumed role or manner of behavior. “In his final act, the comedian takes on a child's personality.”
  5. noun A celebrity, especially one with a strong media presence (e.g. an actor, singer or sports player). “Johnny Carson was a respected television personality.”
  6. noun (dated) Something said or written which refers to the person, conduct, etc., of some individual, especially something of a disparaging or offensive nature; personal remarks. “indulgence in personalities”
  7. noun (law) That quality of a law which concerns the condition, state, and capacity of persons.
  8. noun (Internet slang, euphemistic, humorous, countable) A set of female breasts; a rack; alternatively, (typically in the plural) an individual breast. “Whoa mama! That gal's got a fine... er, "personality".”

Synonyms

selfness assets babylons balloons baps badonkers bangers bazongas bazookas bazoombas bazooms bewbs bobas booba boobage boobs boobers boobies boosies bosom

Etymology

From Middle English personalite, from Middle French [Term?], from Latin persōnālitās. First attested in the late 14th century. By surface analysis, personal + -ity.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun That which constitutes distinction of person; individuality.
  2. noun Something said or written which refers to the person, conduct, etc., of some individual, especially something of a disparaging or offensive nature; personal remarks; as, indulgence in personalities.

Etymology [Cf. F. personnalité. Cf. Personality.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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