HOW TO PRONOUNCE
courage
/ˈkɝədʒ/
Press play to hear how to pronounce courage.
American Pronunciation Guide · 0:55
Watch on YouTube ↗
Watch on YouTube ↗
LISTEN FOR THIS
Start with the r-colored vowel in “her.”
The first syllable is strong and r-colored here. Keep the second vowel light, and end with the j sound heard at the beginning of jump.
2 syllables · Stress on syllable 1
TRY SAYING
“It took courage to ask the question.”
APG practice sentence · CC BY-SA 4.0
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does courage mean?
noun
- The quality of being confident, not afraid or easily intimidated, but without being incautious or inconsiderate.
- The ability to overcome one's fear, do or live things which one finds frightening.
- The ability to maintain one's will or intent despite either the experience of fear, frailty, or frustration; or the occurrence of adversity, difficulty, defeat or reversal; moral fortitude.
More meanings (1)
verb
- (obsolete) To encourage.
Definitions regrouped for readability · CC BY-SA 4.0
IPA pronunciation
/ˈkɝədʒ/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗Pronunciation varies by speaker and region. About these dictionary pronunciations.
In the pages of books
See this word in context.
For a while the imaginative daring of the artilleryman, and the tone of assurance and courage he assumed, completely dominated my mind.
“You see,” said the Cowardly Lion, with a whimper, “I haven’t the courage to keep tramping forever, without getting anywhere at all.”
More book examples (3)
Marguerite had need of all her energy, all her steadfastness of purpose, to keep up her courage through this weary midnight waiting.
You have named the elementals of the human rainbow, and also one blend —heroism, which is made out of courage and magnanimity.
The man was trembling but I had to trust to what he had of courage and to what he had of honesty.