Birr

See also: Burr and birr

English

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /bɜː/
  • (US) IPA(key): /bɝ/, enPR: bûr
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)

Proper noun

Birr (usually uncountable, plural Birrs)

  1. A surname.
  2. A community in Middlesex Centre municipality, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada.
  3. A town in County Offaly, Ireland, originally named Parsonstown.
  4. A municipality in Aargau canton, Switzerland.

Statistics
  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Birr is the 25255th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 981 individuals. Birr is most common among White (93.58%) individuals.

East Central German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compare German Birne.

Noun

Birr f (diminutive Birrl)

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) pear
  2. (Erzgebirgisch) lightbulb
    Is Birrl hoots fei nausgehah!
    The light bulb got knocked out!
  3. (Erzgebirgisch, colloquial) head, bonce, noggin

References
2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎, 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 23:
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