burb
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See also: 'burb
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /bɝb/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bɜːb/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)b
Noun[edit]
burb (plural burbs)
- (colloquial, chiefly in the plural) A suburb.
Further reading[edit]
- Eric Partridge (2005) “'burb”, in Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, editors, The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, volumes 1 (A–I), London, New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 303.
Old Irish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
burb
Mutation[edit]
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
burb | burb pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/ |
mburb |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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