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

ransom

/ˈɹænsəm/ noun, verb, proper noun

Forms ransoms ransoming ransomed

  1. noun Money paid for the freeing of a hostage. “They were held for two million dollars ransom.”
  2. noun The release of a captive, or of captured property, by payment of a consideration. “prisoners hopeless of ransom”
  3. noun (historical, law, UK) A sum paid for the pardon of some great offence and the discharge of the offender; also, a fine paid in lieu of corporal punishment.
  4. verb (obsolete) To deliver, especially in context of sin or relevant penalties.
  5. verb To pay a price to set someone free from captivity or punishment. “to ransom prisoners from an enemy”
  6. verb To exact a ransom (payment) in exchange for the freedom of.
  7. proper noun A surname.
  8. proper noun A village in Allen Township, LaSalle County, Illinois, named after Thomas E. G. Ransom.
  9. proper noun A minor city in Ness County, Kansas, also named after Thomas Ransom.
  10. proper noun An unincorporated community in Pike County, Kentucky.
  11. proper noun A township and unincorporated community therein, in Hillsdale County, Michigan, named after Epaphroditus Ransom.
  12. proper noun An unincorporated community and township in Nobles County, Minnesota.
  13. proper noun A township and village therein, in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, named after Samuel Ransom.

Synonyms

ransom money redeem

Etymology

From the Middle English raunsoun, from the Old French raençon, from stem of Latin redēmptiō. Entered English ca. the 13th century. Doublet of redemption.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The release of a captive, or of captive, or of captured property, by payment of a consideration; redemption; as, prisoners hopeless of ransom. Dryden.
  2. noun The money or price paid for the redemption of a prisoner, or for goods captured by an enemy; payment for freedom from restraint, penalty, or forfeit.
  3. verb To redeem from captivity, servitude, punishment, or forfeit, by paying a price; to buy out of servitude or penalty; to rescue; to deliver; as, to ransom prisoners from an enemy.
  4. verb To exact a ransom for, or a payment on. [R.]

Etymology [OE. raunson, raunsoun, OF. rançon, raençon, raançon, F. rançon, fr. L. redemptio, fr. redimere to redeem. See Redeem, and cf. Redemption.]

Etymology [Cf. F. rançonner. See Ransom, n.]

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

Sanskrit

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