Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iː	see	ɪ	sit	e / ɛ	bed	æ	cat
ɑː	father	ɒ	hot (UK)	ɔː	law	ʊ	put
uː	too	ʌ	cup	ɜː	bird	ə	about
eɪ	day	aɪ	my	ɔɪ	boy	aʊ	now
əʊ / oʊ	go (UK / US)	ɪə	near	eə	hair	ʊə	tour

Consonants that look unusual

θ	thin	ð	this	ʃ	she	ʒ	measure
tʃ	church	dʒ	judge	ŋ	sing	j	yes

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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salutation

/ˌsæljuˈteɪʃən/ noun

Forms salutations

noun A greeting, salute, or address; a hello.
noun A conventional greeting that begins a letter, such as "Dear Sir".
noun The act of greeting.
noun (obsolete) Quickening; excitement.

Synonyms

salute greeting

Etymology

From Middle English salutacioun, from Old French salutacion, from Latin salutatio (“a greeting, a wishing health to”), from saluto (“wish one’s health, greet”), from salus (“well-being”). Compare the Latin greeting salve (literally “be well”).

Webster’s 1913

noun The act of saluting, or paying respect or reverence, by the customary words or actions; the act of greeting, or expressing good will or courtesy; also, that which is uttered or done in saluting or greeting.

Etymology [L. salutatio: cf. F. salutation. See Salute.]

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

Sanskrit

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

अभिवदन abhi-vadana addressing, salutation.
प्रतिनमस्कार prati-namaskāra returning a salutation.
अनमस्य a-namasya unworthy of a salutation.
प्रत्यभिवादक praty-abhivādaka returning a salutation or greeting.
प्रत्यर्चन praty-arcana returning a salutation or obeisance.
प्रत्यभिवादयितृ praty-abhivādayitṛ one who returns a salutation or greeting.
नमित namita bowed, bent down, making salutation or obeisance.
प्रत्यभिवादन praty-abhivādana returning a salutation or greeting (Manu II. 126).

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