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

simplicity

/sɪmˈplɪsɪti/ noun

Forms simplicities

  1. noun The state or quality of being simple “simplicity of dress, of style, or of language”
  2. noun The quality or state of being unmixed or uncompounded “the simplicity of metals or of earths”
  3. noun The quality or state of being not complex, or of consisting of few parts. “the simplicity of a machine”
  4. noun Lack of sharpness of mind; lack of ability to think using complex ideas; stupidity
  5. noun Lack of artificial ornament, pretentious style, or luxury; plainness
  6. noun Lack of subtlety or abstruseness; clarity “the simplicity of a doctrine”
  7. noun Lack of complication; efficiency.
  8. noun (archaic, rare) An act or instance of foolishness.

Synonyms

chastity simpleness simple mindedness simmpleness ease easiness chasteness restraint

Antonyms

complexity complication

Etymology

From Middle English simplicite, from Old French simplicite, from Latin simplicitās, from simplex (“simple”). See simple. By surface analysis, simple + -icity. Partially displaced native English onefoldness.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The quality or state of being simple, unmixed, or uncompounded; as, the simplicity of metals or of earths.
  2. noun The quality or state of being not complex, or of consisting of few parts; as, the simplicity of a machine.

Etymology [F. simplicité, L. simplicitas. See Simple.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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