sharp division between syllables, as in
AN-gle (angle, |AENG-gal|) and de-SERT (desert, if
pronounced |di-ZA(R)T|)
·
one of two fuzzy boundaries between
two syllables, the consonantal sound(s) between the dots
being their overlap, as in AN·g·el (angel,
|EIN·dzh·al|) and DE·s·ert (desert, if
pronounced |DE·z·a(r)t|)
CAP
(part of a) stressed
syllable (which is not at the same time part of another, unstressed
syllable)
| |
beginning and end of one or more
sounds represented in a way deviating from the standard spelling, usually
x replaced with |k-S|, |K·s| or |g-Z|, sometimes a sound not
represented in the standard spelling at all, such as |J| or |W|
+
space between two words pronounced
together (in the variant concerned)
:
a hyphen in the standard spelling
=
sharp, hyphened division between
syllables of one word (the equivalent of -:)
$
the following letter must or may be
capitalized in the standard spelling
ABBREVIATIONS BETWEEN SQUARE BRACKETS
adj
as an adjective
adv
as an adverb
lit
word or phrase
which is (especially) literary or poetic
l&
word or phrase with a literary meaning or use as well
l/f
word or phrase whose use is literary (or poetic) or formal
(or technical) for the same meaning(s)
n
as a noun
pre
as a preposition
v
as a verb
var
one of several dialectal or merely
pronunciational variants (which do not immediately succeed each other in
this dictionary)
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