berth
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Origin obscure. Possibly from Middle English *berth (“bearing, carriage”), equivalent to bear + -th.
Alternatively, from an alteration of Middle English beard, bærde (“bearing, conduct”), itself of obscure formation. Compare Old English ġebǣru (“bearing, conduct, behaviour”).
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL. IPA(key): /bɜːθ/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL. enPR: bûrth, IPA(key): /bɝθ/
- Homophone: birth
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)θ
Noun
berth (plural berths)
- A fixed bunk for sleeping in (caravans, trains, etc).
- Room for maneuvering or safety. (Often used in the phrase a wide berth.)
- A space for a ship to moor or a vehicle to park.
- (nautical) A room in which a number of the officers or ship's company mess and reside.
- A job or position, especially on a ship.
- (sports) Position or seed in a tournament bracket.
- (sports) position on the field of play
- 2012 December 29, Paul Doyle, “Arsenal's Theo Walcott hits hat-trick in thrilling victory over Newcastle”, in The Guardian[1]:
- Olivier Giroud then entered the fray and Walcott reverted to his more familiar berth on the right wing, quickly creating his side's fifth goal by crossing for Giroud to send a plunging header into the net from close range.
Translations
bunk
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maneuvering room
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space to moor
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position on a ship
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position in a tournament
sports: position in the field
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Verb
berth (third-person singular simple present berths, present participle berthing, simple past and past participle berthed)
- (transitive) to bring (a ship or vehicle) into its berth
- (transitive) to assign a berth (bunk or position) to
Translations
to bring a ship into berth
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Welsh
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *berθ, from Proto-Celtic *berxtos.
Adjective
berth (feminine singular berth, plural berth, equative berthed, comparative berthach, superlative berthaf)
Derived terms
Mutation
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
berth | ferth | merth | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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