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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supple

/ˈsʌpəl/ adjective, verb, proper noun

Forms suppler supplest supples suppling suppled

  1. adjective Pliant, flexible, easy to bend.
  2. adjective Lithe and agile when moving and bending. “supple joints”
  3. adjective (figuratively) Compliant; yielding to the will of others. “a supple horse”
  4. adjective (wine) Smooth and drinkable.
  5. verb (ambitransitive) To make or become supple.
  6. verb (transitive) To make compliant, submissive, or obedient.
  7. proper noun A surname.

Synonyms

lissome lissom lithe lithesome slender svelte sylphlike limber

Etymology

From Middle English souple, from Old French souple, soupple (“soft, lithe, yielding”), from Latin supplic-, supplex (“suppliant, submissive, kneeling”), of uncertain formation. Either from sub + plicō (“bend”) (compare complex), or from sub + plācō (“placate”). More at sub-, placate.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Pliant; flexible; easily bent; as, supple joints; supple fingers.
  2. adjective Yielding compliant; not obstinate; submissive to guidance; as, a supple horse.
  3. verb To make soft and pliant; to render flexible; as, to supple leather.
  4. verb To make compliant, submissive, or obedient.

Etymology [OE. souple, F. souple, from L. supplex suppliant, perhaps originally, being the knees. Cf. Supplicate.]

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

Sanskrit

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