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

temperate

/ˈtɛmpəɹət/ adjective, verb

Forms temperates temperating temperated

  1. adjective Moderate; not excessive. “temperate heat”
  2. adjective Specifically, moderate in temperature. “These trees can only grow in temperate climates.”
  3. adjective Moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or passions “temperate in eating and drinking.”
  4. adjective Proceeding from temperance.
  5. adjective Dependent on life in a temperate climate. “temperate fishes”
  6. verb (obsolete) To render temperate; to moderate

Synonyms

measured mellow middle of the road mild moderate nonexcessive nonextreme nonfanatic proper reasonable reasonous sober tempered unexcessive unextreme abstentious continent abstemious abstinent spareful

Antonyms

excitable fanciful passionate tempestuous volatile wild intemperate

Etymology

The adjective is first attested in 1380, in Middle English, the verb in 1540; borrowed from Latin temperātus, perfect passive participle of temperō (“to moderate, forbear, combine properly”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix). See temper. Displaced native Old English ġemetegod.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Moderate; not excessive; as, temperate heat; a temperate climate.
  2. adjective Not marked with passion; not violent; cool; calm; as, temperate language.
  3. verb To render temperate; to moderate; to soften; to temper. [Obs.]

Etymology [L. temperatus, p.p. of temperare. See Temper, v. t.]

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

Sanskrit

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