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

“firebrands” is a form of

firebrand

UK /ˈfaɪə.bɹænd/ · US /ˈfaɪɚ.bɹænd/ noun

Forms firebrands

  1. noun A torch or other burning stick with a flame at one end. “The crowd cheered as a firebrand was tossed onto the huge pile of wood to start the traditional homecoming bonfire.”
  2. noun (figurative) An argumentative troublemaker or revolutionary; one who agitates against the status quo. “The member of the college's Communist League was a firebrand who would launch a sit-in or protest march at a moment's notice.”

Synonyms

radical revolutionary troublemaker brand instigator provoker inciter instigant

Etymology

From Middle English fyr-brand, furbrond, equivalent to fire + brand. Cognate with German Feuerbrand (“firebrand”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A piece of burning wood. L'Estrange.
  2. noun One who inflames factions, or causes contention and mischief; an incendiary. Bacon.

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

Sanskrit

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

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