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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roller

UK /ˈɹəʊlə/ · US /ˈɹoʊlɚ/ noun, verb

Forms rollers rollering rollered

  1. noun Any rotating cylindrical device that is part of a machine, especially one used to apply or reduce pressure.
  2. noun A cylindrical (or approximately cylindrical) item used under a heavy object to facilitate moving it; usually several are needed.
  3. noun A person who rolls something, such as cigars or molten metal.
  4. noun A large rolling device used to flatten a grass surface; commonly in relation to a cricket pitch.
  5. noun A cylindrical tool for applying paint or ink.
  6. noun An agricultural machine used for flattening land and breaking up lumps of earth.
  7. noun One of a set of small cylindrical tubes used to curl hair.
  8. noun A roller towel.
  9. verb (intransitive) To roller skate.
  10. noun (slang) A Rolls-Royce car

Synonyms

paint roller rolling paint brush rolling brush roll rolling wave curler hair curler crimper tumbler tumbler pigeon

Etymology

* From Middle English rollere, equivalent to roll + -er.
* (credits in TV or film): These were originally printed on a physical cylinder that was rotated in front of the camera.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun One who, or that which, rolls; especially, a cylinder, sometimes grooved, of wood, stone, metal, etc., used in husbandry and the arts.
  2. noun A bandage; a fillet; properly, a long and broad bandage used in surgery.

Etymology [CF. F. rollier.]

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

Sanskrit

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