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

brave

/bɹeɪv/ adjective, noun, verb, proper noun

Forms braver bravest braves braving braved

  1. adjective Strong in the face of fear; courageous.
  2. adjective (obsolete) Having any sort of superiority or excellence.
  3. adjective Making a fine show or display.
  4. adjective (UK, euphemistic) Foolish or unwise.
  5. noun (dated) A Native American warrior.
  6. noun (obsolete) A man daring beyond discretion; a bully.
  7. noun (obsolete) A challenge; a defiance; bravado.
  8. verb (transitive) To encounter or withstand with courage and fortitude, to defy, to provoke. “After braving tricks on the high-dive, he braved a jump off the first diving platform.”
  9. verb (transitive, obsolete) To adorn; to make fine or showy.
  10. proper noun A surname.
  11. proper noun A census-designated place in Greene County, Pennsylvania, United States.

Synonyms

bold daring doughty orped resilient stalwart plucky courageous adventurous mettlesome aweless bad brass-balled chivalrous daredevil dauntless fearless fortitudinous gallant gutsy weather endure brave out audacious hardy intrepid unfearing braw gay

Antonyms

cowardly fearful mean weak afraid cautious frightened meek shy timid uncourageous unhearty

Etymology

From Middle French brave, borrowed from Italian bravo, itself of uncertain origin (see there). Doublet of bravo.

From Middle French braver, from brave.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Bold; courageous; daring; intrepid; --opposed to cowardly; as, a brave man; a brave act.
  2. adjective Having any sort of superiority or excellence; --especially such as in conspicuous. [Obs. or Archaic as applied to material things.]
  3. noun A brave person; one who is daring.
  4. noun Specifically, an Indian warrior.

Etymology [F. brave, It. or Sp. bravo, (orig.) fierce, wild, savage, prob. from. L. barbarus. See Barbarous, and cf. Bravo.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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