burb

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See also: 'burb

English

Alternative forms

'burb

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)

(colloquial, chiefly in the plural) A suburb.

Derived terms

ethnoburb

Further reading

Eric Partridge (2005) “'burb”, in Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, editors, The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, volume 1 (A–I), London, New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 303.

Old Irish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /burb/

Adjective

burb

dative singular masculine/neuter of borb

Mutation

Mutation of *burb*
radical	lenition	nasalization
burb	burb pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/	mburb

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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