burb

See also: 'burb

English

Alternative forms

• 'burb

Etymology

Clipping of suburb.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /bɝb/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /bɜːb/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)b

Noun

burb (plural burbs)

1. (colloquial, chiefly in the plural) A suburb.

Derived terms

• ethnoburb

 

Further reading

• Eric Partridge (2005) “'burb”, in Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, editors, The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, volume 1 (A–I), London, New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 303.

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /burb/

Adjective

burb

1. dative singular masculine/neuter of borb

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
burb	burb pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/	mburb
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.