burb
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. |