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brigade

/bɹəˈɡeɪd/bruh-GAYD
/bɹəˈɡeɪd/bruh-GAYD

Meaningto quarrel

Common meaning: a large body of troops

Journey through time

  1. Italianbrigare‘to quarrel, fight’source
  2. Italianmeaning shiftsto quarrel, fight → a troop, bandbrigata‘a troop, band’source
  3. Frenchbrigade‘a troop, company’source
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsa troop, company → a large body of troopsbrigade‘a large body of troops’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Italian brigare ‘to quarrel’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry BRIGADE, p. 77 · dictionary scan

Roots

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