Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [burs; Scot. birs]
- /bɜrs; Scot. bɪrs/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [burs; Scot. birs]
- /bɜrs; Scot. bɪrs/
Definitions of birse word
- noun birse a bristle 3
- noun birse a bruise 3
- verb birse to bruise 3
- noun birse a short hair of the beard or body; a bristle. 1
- noun birse anger; rage. 1
- noun birse (Scotland) bristle. 0
Information block about the term
Origin of birse
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Old English byrst; cognate with Old High German borst, burst, Old Norse burst. See bristle
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Birse
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
birse popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 54% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.