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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.

English Dictionary · 107,383 entries · Sources & licences

“harbors” is a form of

harbor

UK /ˈhɑːbə/ · US /ˈhɑɹbɚ/ noun, verb, proper noun

Also a form of harbour

Forms harbors harboring harbored harbour harborough herborough harborow

  1. noun (countable) Any place of shelter. “The neighborhood is a well-known harbor for petty thieves.”
  2. noun (countable, nautical) A sheltered expanse of water, adjacent to land, in which ships may anchor or dock, especially for loading and unloading.
  3. noun (countable, glassworking) A mixing box for materials.
  4. noun (obsolete, countable) A house of the zodiac, or the mansion of a heavenly body.
  5. noun (obsolete, uncountable) Shelter, refuge.
  6. verb (transitive) To provide a harbor or safe place for. “The docks, which once harbored tall ships, now harbor only petty thieves.”
  7. verb (intransitive) To take refuge or shelter in a protected expanse of water. “The fleet harbored in the south.”
  8. verb (transitive) To drive (a hunted stag) to covert.
  9. verb (transitive) To hold or persistently entertain in one's thoughts or mind. “She harbors a conviction that her husband has a secret, criminal past.”
  10. proper noun A surname, variant of Harbour.
  11. proper noun A census-designated place in Curry County, Oregon, United States.

Synonyms

seaport haven harbour hold entertain nurse shield

Etymology

From Middle English herberwe, herber, from Old English herebeorg (“shelter, lodgings, quarters”), from Proto-West Germanic *harjabergu (“army shelter, refuge”), from *harjaz (“army”) + *bergō (“protection”), equivalent to Old English here (“army, host”) + beorg (“defense, protection, refuge”). The final syllable was subsequently altered by analogy with the Anglo‐Norman and Old French suffix -or (as seen in loanwords like honour and labour). Doublet of albergo and auberge. See also borrow, bury, harbinger, harry and here.

From Middle English herberwen, herbere (later harboure), from Old English herebeorgian (“to take up one's quarters, lodge”), from the noun (see above).

English surname, variant of Harbour.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A station for rest and entertainment; a place of security and comfort; a refuge; a shelter.
  2. noun Specif.: A lodging place; an inn. [Obs.] Chaucer.
  3. verb To afford lodging to; to enter as guest; to receive; to give a refuge to; indulge or cherish (a thought or feeling, esp. an ill thought).
  4. verb To lodge, or abide for a time; to take shelter, as in a harbor.

Etymology [OE herbor, herberwe, herberge, Icel. herbergi (cf. OHG. heriberga), orig., a shelter for soldiers; herr army + bjarga to save, help, defend; akin to AS. here army, G. heer, OHG. heri, Goth. harjis, and AS. beorgan to save, shelter, defend, G. bergen. See Harry, 2d Bury, and cf. Harbinger.]

Etymology [OE. herberen, herberwen, herbergen; cf. Icel. herbergja. See Harbor, n.]

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