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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violence

/ˈvaɪ(ə)lən(t)s/ noun, verb

Forms violences violencing violenced

  1. noun Extreme force. “The violence of the storm, fortunately, was more awesome than destructive.”
  2. noun Physical action which causes destruction, harm, pain, or suffering. “We try to avoid violence in resolving conflicts.”
  3. noun Widespread fighting. “Violence between the government and the rebels continues.”
  4. noun (figuratively) A perceived injustice, especially in the context of social justice. “The translation does violence to the original novel.”
  5. verb (nonstandard) To subject to violence.

Synonyms

force ferocity fierceness furiousness fury vehemence wildness

Antonyms

peace nonviolence

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English violence, borrowed from Old French violence, borrowed from Latin violentia, from violēns /violentus (“violent”) + -ia. See violent. Displaced native Old English stræc.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The quality or state of being violent; highly excited action, whether physical or moral; vehemence; impetuosity; force.
  2. noun Injury done to that which is entitled to respect, reverence, or observance; profanation; infringement; unjust force; outrage; assault.
  3. verb To assault; to injure; also, to bring by violence; to compel.

Etymology [F., fr. L. violentia. See Violent.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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