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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unique

/juːˈniːk/ adjective, noun

Forms uniquer uniquest uniques unic unick

  1. adjective (not comparable) Being the only one of its kind; unequaled, unparalleled or unmatched. “Every person has a unique life, therefore every person has a unique journey.”
  2. adjective Of a feature, such that only one holder has it.
  3. adjective Particular, characteristic.
  4. adjective (often proscribed) Rare or unusual.
  5. noun A thing without a like; something unequalled or unparallelled; one of a kind.

Synonyms

one of a kind sui generis singular one-off alone azygous incomparable matchless nonpareil only peerless unequaled unparalleled unmatched unrivalled unequalled

Antonyms

common normal

Etymology

Borrowed from French unique, from Latin unicus.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Being without a like or equal; unmatched; unequaled; unparalleled; single in kind or excellence; sole.
  2. noun A thing without a like; something unequaled or unparalleled.

Etymology [F. unique; cf. It. unico; from L. unicus, from unus one. See One.]

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

Sanskrit

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