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

traditional

/tɹəˈdɪʃ.ə.nəl/ adjective, noun

Forms traditionals

  1. adjective Of, relating to, or derived from tradition. “This dance is one of the traditional customs in the area.”
  2. adjective Communicated from ancestors to descendants orally. “traditional expositions of the Scriptures”
  3. adjective (music) In lieu of the name of the composer of a piece of music, whose real name is lost in the mists of time.
  4. adjective Observant of tradition; old-fashioned. “Her traditional values are antiquated.”
  5. adjective (art, retronym) Produced with physical media, as opposed to digital art.
  6. adjective Relating to traditional Chinese. “The traditional form of the character has twice as many strokes as the simplified form.”
  7. noun (countable) One with traditional beliefs.
  8. noun (countable, usually in the plural) Anything that is traditional, conventional, standard.
  9. noun (uncountable, art, retronym) Art produced with physical media, as opposed to digital art.

Synonyms

traditionary time-honored//time-honoured traditionalist

Antonyms

nontraditional untraditional

Etymology

From tradition + -al. First attested in 1545.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Of or pertaining to tradition; derived from tradition; communicated from ancestors to descendants by word only; transmitted from age to age without writing; as, traditional opinions; traditional customs; traditional expositions of the Scriptures.
  2. adjective Observant of tradition; attached to old customs; old-fashioned.

Etymology [Cf. F. traditionnel, LL. traditionalis.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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