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- [kurk; Scot. kirk]
- /kɜrk; Scot. kɪrk/
- /kɜːk/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [kurk; Scot. kirk]
- /kɜrk; Scot. kɪrk/
Definitions of kirk word
- noun kirk Grayson (Louis) 1903–1997, U.S. educator: president of Columbia University 1953–68. 1
- noun kirk a male given name. 1
- noun kirk church 1
- countable noun kirk A kirk is a church. 0
- proper noun kirk The Kirk is the Church of Scotland, the main Protestant church in Scotland. 0
- noun kirk a Scottish church 0
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Origin of kirk
First appearance:
before 1150 One of the 7% oldest English words
1150-1200; Middle English (north and Scots) < Old Norse kirkja church
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Kirk
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
kirk popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 81% 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".
kirk usage trend in Literature
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