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

smoky

/ˈsmoʊki/ adjective

Forms smokier smokiest smoakie smoaky smokey

  1. adjective Filled with smoke. “a smoky cabin”
  2. adjective Filled with or enveloped in tobacco smoke. “a smoky bar”
  3. adjective Giving off smoke. “a smoky oil lamp”
  4. adjective Of a colour or colour pattern similar to that of smoke.
  5. adjective Having a flavour or odour like smoke; flavoured with smoke. “a smoky whisky”
  6. adjective Resembling or composed of smoke.
  7. adjective Blackened by smoke.
  8. adjective Addicted to or associated with the smoking of tobacco.

Synonyms

fumid fumous

Antonyms

smokeless

Etymology

From Middle English smoke, smokei, smoki, smokie, smoky, equivalent to smoke + -y (adjectival suffix). Doublet of Samoki.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Emitting smoke, esp. in large quantities or in an offensive manner; fumid; as, smoky fires.
  2. adjective Having the appearance or nature of smoke; as, a smoky fog. "Unlustrous as the smoky light." Shak.

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

Sanskrit

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

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