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

protection

/pɹəˈtɛkʃn̩/ noun

Forms protections

  1. noun The process of keeping (something or someone) safe. “Raincoats give protection from rain.”
  2. noun The state of being safe.
  3. noun A means of keeping or remaining safe.
  4. noun A means, such as a condom, of preventing pregnancy or sexually transmitted disease.
  5. noun (insurance) Coverage.
  6. noun Immunity from harm, obtained by illegal payments, as bribery or extortion.
  7. noun (obsolete) A document serving as a guarantee against harm or interference; a passport.
  8. noun (economics) Restrictions on foreign competitors which limit their ability to compete with domestic producers of goods or services.

Synonyms

adult protection protective covering protective cover security shelter auspices aegis trade protection tribute

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French, from stem of Late Latin prōtectiō (“a covering over”), from Latin prōtēctus, perfect passive participle of prōtegere (“to protect, cover in front”). Displaced native Old English ġesċildnes. Equivalent to protect + -ion.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The act of protecting, or the state of being protected; preservation from loss, injury, or annoyance; defense; shelter; as, the weak need protection.
  2. noun That which protects or preserves from injury; a defense; a shield; a refuge.

Etymology [L. protectio: cf. F. protection.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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