different between quade vs brigade

Middle English

Adjective

quade

1. Alternative form of qued
   • late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales

     But sooth play quade play, as the Fleming saith.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French brigade.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b????e?d/
• Rhymes: -e?d

Noun

brigade (plural brigades)

1. A group of people organized for a common purpose.

   a work brigade; a fire brigade

2. (military) Military unit composed of several regiments (or battalions) and including soldiers from different arms of service.
3. (derogatory) A group of people who share views or a specific characteristic.

   More sympathy for career criminals from the bleeding-heart brigade!

4. (Internet slang) Coordinated online harassment, disruption or influencing, especially organized by an antagonistic website or community.

Usage notes

• In many countries, a military brigade was traditionally formed from two or more regiments. According to the country and time period, brigade may also designate a much smaller group of soldiers. A modern US brigade usually consists of three battalions and forms part of a division.

Quotations

• 1989, H. T. Willetts (translator), Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (author), August 1914, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, ?ISBN, page 228:

  The rifle brigade had arrived in Soldau with no commander, no staff, no artillery, just four separate regiments, each of them moving as it thought best and looking for something to do.

Derived terms

Related terms

• brigadier
• brigadier general

Translations

Verb

brigade (third-person singular simple present brigades, present participle brigading, simple past and past participle brigaded)

1. To form or unite into a brigade; to group together.
   • 1969, William O. Douglas's opinion in Brandenburg v. Ohio:

     This is, however, a classic case where speech is brigaded with action.

2. (Internet slang) To harass an individual or community online in a coordinated manner.

Anagrams

• Abridge, abridge, bigrade

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French brigade.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bri??a?.d?/
• Hyphenation: bri?ga?de
• Rhymes: -a?d?

Noun

brigade f (plural brigades)

1. brigade, a military unit consisting of two or more regiments, often using combined arms or of diverse disciplines
2. a police unit of varying size or purpose, but often serving a specialised purpose

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: brigade

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian brigata.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?i.?ad/

Noun

brigade f (plural brigades)

1. (military) brigade
2. brigade (group, organization)

Descendants

• ? English: brigade
• ? German: Brigade
  • ? Hungarian: brigád
  • ? Russian: ??????? (brigada)
• ? Romanian: brigad?

Further reading

• “brigade” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch brigade, from French brigade, from Italian brigata.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bri.?a.d?/
• Hyphenation: bri?ga?de

Noun

brigade

1. brigade: a military unit consisting of two or more regiments, often using combined arms or of diverse disciplines.

Related terms

Further reading

• “brigade” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
• brigade on the Indonesian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^id

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from French brigade, from Italian brigata, from Italian or Medieval Latin briga (“strife”).

Noun

brigade m (definite singular brigaden, indefinite plural brigader, definite plural brigadene)

1. (military) a brigade

References

• “brigade” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from French brigade, from Italian brigata, from Italian or Medieval Latin briga (“strife”).

Noun

brigade m (definite singular brigaden, indefinite plural brigadar, definite plural brigadane)

1. (military) a brigade

References

• “brigade” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.