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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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brigade

/bɹɪˈɡeɪd/ noun, verb

Forms brigades brigading brigaded

  1. noun A group of people organized for a common purpose. “a work brigade; a fire brigade”
  2. noun (military) A military unit composed of several regiments (or battalions) and including soldiers from different arms of service.
  3. noun (derogatory) A group of people who share views or a specific characteristic. “More sympathy for career criminals from the bleeding-heart brigade!”
  4. noun (Internet slang) Coordinated online harassment, disruption or influencing, especially organized by an antagonistic website or community.
  5. verb To form or unite into a brigade; to group together.
  6. verb (Internet slang) To harass an individual or community online in a coordinated manner.

Etymology

F. brigade, fr. It. brigata troop, crew, brigade, originally, a contending troop, fr. briga trouble, quarrel. See Brigand.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A body of troops, whether cavalry, artillery, infantry, or mixed, consisting of two or more regiments, under the command of a brigadier general.
  2. noun Any body of persons organized for acting or marching together under authority; as, a fire brigade. Brigade inspector, an officer whose duty is to inspect troops in companies before they are mustered into service.
  3. verb To form into a brigade, or into brigades.

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