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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technical

/ˈtɛk.nɪk.əl/ adjective, noun

Forms technicals

  1. adjective Specifically related to a particular discipline. “Particle physics uses the word spin in a technical sense.”
  2. adjective (by extension) difficult to understand for those not specialized in this discipline.
  3. adjective Of or related to technology. “Since the 1940s there had been many technical advancements, and a Mach 3 interceptor was no longer a mere pipe dream.”
  4. adjective (of a person) Technically minded; adept with science and technology. “Kayla can probably get the printer working. She's technical like that.”
  5. adjective Relating to, or requiring, technique. “The performance showed technical virtuosity, but lacked inspiration.”
  6. adjective Requiring advanced techniques for successful completion. “technical climbing”
  7. adjective (securities and other markets) Relating to the internal mechanics of a market rather than more basic factors. “The market had a technical rally, due to an oversold condition.”
  8. adjective In the strictest sense, but not practically or meaningfully. “Crossing the front lawn of that house to get to the mailbox was a technical trespass.”
  9. noun A pickup truck with a gun mounted on it.
  10. noun (video games) A special move in certain fighting games that cancels out the effect of an opponent's attack.

Synonyms

technic technological technologic technical foul proficient expert

Antonyms

non-technical nontechnical

Etymology

From Late Latin technicus + -al, from Ancient Greek τεχνικός (tekhnikós), from τέχνη (tékhnē, “skill”).
For the late 20th-century origin of the noun sense (vehicle), see Wikipedia.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Of or pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts, or to any science, business, or the like; specially appropriate to any art, science, or business; as, the words of an indictment must be technical. Blackstone.

Etymology [Gr. text: cf. F. technique.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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