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| Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993. |
| debris, débris (n.) |
| We spell this word today both with and without the acute accent, but more frequently without. Several pronunciations are in divided usage: di-BREE, DAI-BREE, and (rarely) DAI-bree. The British use the last and one other, DAI-BREE. The word means “the bits and pieces left from destruction,” “rubble.” | 1 |
| The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. Copyright © 1993 Columbia University Press. |
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