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

“venerables” is a form of

venerable

/ˈvɛnəɹəbl/ adjective, noun

Forms Venerables

  1. adjective Commanding respect because of age, dignity, character or position.
  2. adjective Worthy of reverence.
  3. adjective Ancient, antiquated or archaic.
  4. adjective Made sacred especially by religious or historical association.
  5. adjective Giving an impression of aged goodness and benevolence.
  6. adjective A form of address for an archdeacon in the Anglican Church.
  7. adjective The description in the Roman Catholic Church of someone in the first stages of canonisation.
  8. adjective The description of some saints in the Eastern Orthodox Church.
  9. noun (Singapore) A title indicating respect, prefixed to the names of Buddhist monks and nuns.

Synonyms

estimable honorable respectable aged dated hoary ancient age-old antediluvian auld cobwebbed cobwebby decrepit eld eldern gamol gray moss-grown old old as the hills august revered

Antonyms

contemptible

Etymology

From Middle French vénérable, from Old French, from Latin venerabilis.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Capable of being venerated; worthy of veneration or reverence; deserving of honor and respect; --generally implying an advanced age; as, a venerable magistrate; a venerable parent.
  2. adjective Rendered sacred by religious or other associations; that should be regarded with awe and treated with reverence; as, the venerable walls of a temple or a church.

Etymology [L. venerabilis: cf. F. vénérable.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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