noun
Meaning 1
Burgundy wine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Burg
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /bɜːɡ/
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General-American: /bɝɡ/
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rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)ɡ
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homophone: berg
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homophone: burgh (one pronunciation)
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CMU ARPABET: B ER1 G Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A city or town.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, US
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noun
Meaning 3
A fortified town in medieval Europe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
Meaning 4
Clipping of burger.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang
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noun
Meaning 5
colloquial American term for a town
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- I've lived in this burg all my life
Meaning relationships
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Broader terms: town
History
Etymology
Clipping of Burgundy.
The historical sense is from Late Latin burgus, from Frankish *burg, from Proto-Germanic *burgz (“borough, fortification”). Doublet of borough, Brough, burgh, burh, and bury. Also compare burgess. The modern sense may have been formed in part by analogy with the many North American city names that are suffixed with -burg (a number of which in the Eastern United States once used -burgh instead. See burgh), as well as being formed in part due to German Burg.
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- French: bourg — fortified town in medieval Europe
- Galician: burgo — fortified town in medieval Europe
- Italian: borgo — fortified town in medieval Europe
- Latin: burgus — fortified town in medieval Europe
- Old Galician-Portuguese: burgo — fortified town in medieval Europe
- Portuguese: burgo — fortified town in medieval Europe
- Spanish: burgo — fortified town in medieval Europe