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.

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sunshine

/ˈsʌnʃaɪn/ noun, adjective, proper noun

Forms sunshines sun-shine

  1. noun The direct rays, light or warmth of the sun. “We were warmed by the bright sunshine.”
  2. noun A location on which the sun's rays fall. “We moved out of the shade and into the sunshine.”
  3. noun (figurative) Geniality or cheerfulness. “I enjoyed the sunshine of her smile.”
  4. noun (figurative) A source of cheerfulness or joy.
  5. noun The effect which the sun has when it lights and warms some place.
  6. noun (UK, Ireland) A friendly form of address often reserved for juniors. “Alright, sunshine, safe to cross now.”
  7. noun (UK, Ireland) An ironic form of address directed toward someone perceived as inferior or troublesome. “OK, sunshine, listen up and listen good. There's five vandalised telephone boxes out there and I know you're responsible.”
  8. noun (humorous) Used to address someone who has just woken up or is very sleepy. “Good morning, sunshine!”
  9. adjective (chiefly US) Open to and permitting public access, especially with regard to activities that were previously closed-door or back-room meetings. “Because of the sunshine law, we could go to the planning meeting.”
  10. proper noun A surname.
  11. proper noun A suburb of Newcastle in the Lake Macquarie council area, New South Wales, Australia.
  12. proper noun A suburb of Melbourne in the City of Brimbank, Victoria, Australia

Synonyms

sun sunlight fair weather temperateness cheerfulness cheer sunniness

Etymology

In the Coverdale Bible in 1535, in Genesis and Exodus about 1250 as Middle English sunnesine; synchronically sun + shine. Compare isolated Old English sunsċīn (“mirror”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The light of the sun, or the place where it shines; the direct rays of the sun, the place where they fall, or the warmth and light which they give.
  2. noun Anything which has a warming and cheering influence like that of the rays of the sun; warmth; illumination; brightness.
  3. adjective Sunshiny; bright. Shak. "Sunshine hours." Keble.

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

Sanskrit

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

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