Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
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- [yer]
- /yɛr/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [yer]
- /yɛr/
Definitions of jer word
- noun jer Slavic Linguistics. either of two letters (ъ, ь) of the Cyrillic alphabet used, as in Old Church Slavonic, to indicate two short vowels, or, as in Russian, to indicate that the preceding consonant is hard or soft. Compare hard sign, soft sign. 1
- noun jer either of the short, lax vowels of Old Church Slavonic represented by these signs, front jer (ъ, usually transcribed as ĭ) and back jer (ь, usually transcribed as ŭ). 1
- noun jer (linguistics) Ultra-short or reduced vowel in Proto- and Late Common Slavonic (or Slavic), then represented as 'ъ' (back jer [ŭ]) or 'ь' (front jer [ĭ]). 1
- noun jer (linguistics) Ultra-short or reduced vowel in Proto- and Late Common Slavonic (or Slavic), then represented as ъ (back jer. 0
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Origin of jer
First appearance:
before 1755 One of the 47% newest English words
First recorded in 1755-65
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Jer
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
jer popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 77% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".