burb

See also: 'burb

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Clipping of suburb.

Pronunciation
  • (General American) IPA(key): /bɝb/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bɜːb/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)b

Noun

burb (plural burbs)

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

Further reading

Old Irish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /burb/

Adjective

burb

  1. dative singular masculine/neuter of borb

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
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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