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

suspense

/səˈspɛns/ noun, adjective

Forms suspenses suspence

  1. noun The condition of being suspended; cessation for a time.
  2. noun The pleasurable emotion of anticipation and excitement regarding the outcome or climax of a book, film etc.
  3. noun The unpleasant emotion of anxiety or apprehension in an uncertain situation.
  4. noun (law) A temporary cessation of one's right; suspension, as when the rent or other profits of land cease by unity of possession of land and rent.
  5. noun (US, military) A deadline. “She sent us that assignment with a suspense of noon tomorrow.”
  6. adjective (obsolete) Held or lifted up; held or prevented from proceeding.
  7. adjective (obsolete) Expressing, or proceeding from, suspense or doubt.

Etymology

From Middle English suspense, suspence, from Anglo-Norman suspens (as in en suspens) and Old French suspens, from Latin suspēnsus.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Held or lifted up; held or prevented from proceeding. [Obs.]
  2. adjective Expressing, or proceeding from, suspense or doubt. [Obs.]
  3. noun The state of being suspended; specifically, a state of uncertainty and expectation, with anxiety or apprehension; indetermination; indecision; as, the suspense of a person waiting for the verdict of a jury.
  4. noun Cessation for a time; stop; pause.

Etymology [F. suspens, L. suspensus, p.p. of suspendere. See Suspend.]

Etymology [From F. suspens, a. See Suspense, a.]

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

Sanskrit

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