name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
birk
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Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /bɜː(ɹ)k/
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General-American: /bɝk/
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Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)k
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homophone: berk
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homophone: Bourke
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homophone: burk
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homophone: Burke
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homophone: burke
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CMU ARPABET: B ER1 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A male given name.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
A birch tree.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-England
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noun
Meaning 4
A Eurasian minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus, syn. Leuciscus phoxinus).
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noun
Meaning 5
Alternative spelling of berk.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, alt-of, alternative, slang
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History
Etymology
From the Anglo-Norman surname, from Old English burh, burg (“fortification, city”).
From Northern Middle English birk, birke, byrke (“birch”), (southern Middle English birche). More at birch. (tree): Cognate with Scots birk.