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

settlement

/ˈsɛ.təl.mənt/ noun

Forms settlements

  1. noun The act of settling. “settlement of debt”
  2. noun The state of being settled.
  3. noun A colony that is newly established; a place or region newly settled.
  4. noun A community of people living together, such as a hamlet, village, town, or city; a populated place.
  5. noun (archaeology) A site where people used to live together in ancient times; an ancient simple kind of village.
  6. noun (architecture) The gradual sinking of a building. Fractures or dislocations caused by settlement.
  7. noun (finance) The delivery of goods by the seller and payment for them by the buyer, under a previously agreed trade or transaction or contract entered into.
  8. noun (law) A disposition of property, or the act of granting it.

Synonyms

arrangement disposition colony village small town colonization colonisation resolution closure liquidation

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The act of setting, or the state of being settled. Specifically: - - (a) Establishment in life, in business, condition, etc.; ordination or installation as pastor.
  2. noun A disposition of property for the benefit of some person or persons, usually through the medium of trustees, and for the benefit of a wife, children, or other relatives; jointure granted to a wife, or the act of granting it.

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

Sanskrit

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

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