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

“saucers” is a form of

saucer

UK /ˈsɔːsə/ · US /ˈsɔsɚ/ noun, verb

Forms saucers saucering saucered

  1. noun A small shallow dish to hold a cup and catch drips.
  2. noun An object round and gently curved, shaped like a saucer. “The saucer-shaped object could have been a UFO.”
  3. noun A circular sled without runners.
  4. noun (obsolete) A small pan or other vessel-like food container in which sauce was set on a table.
  5. noun A flat, shallow caisson for raising sunken ships.
  6. noun A shallow socket for the pivot of a capstan.
  7. verb (transitive) To pour (tea, etc.) from the cup into the saucer in order to cool it before drinking.
  8. verb (intransitive) Of the eyes: to become large and round.

Synonyms

disk disc dish dish aerial dish antenna discus

Etymology

From Middle English saucer, from Old French saussier (and feminine saussiere; hence modern French saucier m, saucière f).

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A small pan or vessel in which sauce was set on a table. [Obs.]
  2. noun A small dish, commonly deeper than a plate, in which a cup is set at table.

Etymology [F. saucière, from sauce. see Sauce.]

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

Sanskrit

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