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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superintendent

/ˌsjuːpəɹɪnˈtɛndənt/ noun, adjective

Forms superintendents

  1. noun A person who is authorized to supervise, direct or administer something.
  2. noun (Commonwealth, law enforcement) A police officer rank, positioned above chief inspector, and below chief superintendent.
  3. noun The manager of a building, usually a communal residence, who is responsible for keeping the facilities functional and often collecting rent or similar payments, either as also the building's landlord or on behalf of same.
  4. noun The head of a Sunday school.
  5. noun In some Protestant churches, a clergyman having the oversight of the clergy of a district.
  6. noun (chiefly US) A janitor.
  7. noun (US, education) An administrator of a school district, a local government body overseeing public schools.
  8. adjective Overseeing; superintending.

Synonyms

super manager foreman chief head head man controller comptroller overseer supervisor

Etymology

From Ecclesiastical Latin superintendens, a calque of Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos); thence being distantly related to English bishop.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Overseeing; superintending.
  2. noun One who has the oversight and charge of some place, institution, or organization, affairs, etc., with the power of direction; as, the superintendent of an almshouse; the superintendent of public works.

Etymology [L. superintendens, p.pr. See Superintend.]

Etymology [Cf. OF. superintendant, F. surintendant. Cf. Surintendant.]

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

Sanskrit

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