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

“remnants” is a form of

remnant

/ˈɹɛmnənt/ noun, adjective

Forms remnants remnaunt remenant

  1. noun A small portion remaining of a larger thing or group; part of a former whole. “The remnants of the Neanderthal race mixed with members of Homo sapiens.”
  2. noun The remaining fabric at the end of the bolt. “Usually not enough to make an entire project by itself, remnants of several fabrics can be used to make quilts.”
  3. noun An unsold end of piece goods, as cloth, ribbons, carpets, etc. “All the remnants were sold in the flea market.”
  4. noun (politics, with the) The passionate, influential minority of radicals in a faction or party.
  5. adjective (archaic) Still left; remaining.

Synonyms

relic remains avant-garde vanguard residue remainder lave leftover end oddment

Etymology

From Middle English, contraction of remenant, from Anglo-Norman remanant, present participle of remaindre, from Latin remaneō.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Remaining; yet left. [R.] "Because of the remnant dregs of his disease." Fuller.
  2. noun That which remains after a part is removed, destroyed, used up, performed, etc.; residue. Chaucer.
  3. noun A small portion; a slight trace; a fragment; a little bit; a scrap.

Etymology [OF. remanant, p. pr. of remanoir, remaindre. See Remanent, Remain.]

Etymology [OF.remanant. See Remnant, a.]

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

Sanskrit

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