Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
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- [mur]
- /mɜr/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [mur]
- /mɜr/
Definitions of murre word
- noun murre either of two black and white diving birds of the genus Uria, of northern seas, U. aalge (common murre) or U. lomvia (thick-billed murre) 1
- noun murre razor-billed auk. 1
- noun murre A white -breasted North American auk (seabird). 1
- noun murre any guillemot of the genus Uria 0
- noun murre any of a genus (Uria) of swimming and diving alcidine shorebirds 0
Information block about the term
Origin of murre
First appearance:
before 1595 One of the 38% oldest English words
First recorded in 1595-1605; origin uncertain
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Murre
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
murre 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".