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• /ˈbɛɹi/
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• homophone: berry
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• homophone: Berry
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• homophone: bury
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• bĕr'ē
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• rhymes with -ɛɹi
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• homophone: (Mary–marry–merry merger) Barry
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• homophone: beary
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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbɛɹi/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈbeɹiː/
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• bŭ'rē
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• rhymes with -ʌɹi
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• /ˈbʌɾe/
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• /-ɾɪ/
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• Scotland, mainly: /-ɾi/
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• /ˈbʊɹi/ Teesside, Lancashire, Yorkshire
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• South-Asia: /ˈbəri/
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• bâr'ē
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• New-Zealand, also: /ˈbeəɹiː/
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• New-Zealand, also: /ˈbiəɹiː/ cheer–chair merger
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• CMU ARPABET: B EH1 R IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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The place name means "fort," from Old English burg. Doublet of borough, Brough, and burgh.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bhergh-der. Proto-Germanic *burgijaną Proto-West Germanic *burgijan Old English byrġan Middle English birien English bury Middle English birien, berien, from Old English byrġan, from Proto-West Germanic *burgijan, from Proto-Germanic *burgijaną (“to keep safe”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bhergh- (“to defend, protect”). Cognate with Icelandic byrgja (“to cover, shut; to hold in”); West Frisian bergje (“to keep”), German bergen (“to save/rescue something”), Danish bjerge (“to save/rescue something or somebody”); also Eastern Lithuanian bir̃ginti (“to save, spare”), Russian бере́чь (beréčʹ, “to spare”), Ossetian ӕмбӕрзын (æmbærzyn, “to cover”). The spelling with ⟨u⟩ represents the pronunciation of the West Midland and Southern dialects, while the Modern English pronunciation with /ɛ/ is from the Kentish dialects. Compare typologically Russian хорони́ть (xoronítʹ) (akin to храни́ть (xranítʹ).

See borough.

291 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: begrawe — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Albanian: varros — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Albanian: gropos — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Amharic: ቀበረ (qabbara) — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Arabic: دَفَنَ (dafana) — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Arabic: قَبَرَ (qabara) — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Arabic: دفن (dafan) — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Arabic: دفن (difan) — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܩܵܒ݂ܹܪ (qawer) — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Argobba: ቀበራ (qabarā) — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Armenian: թաղել (tʻaġel) — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Aromanian: ngrop — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Aromanian: murmintedz — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Aromanian: ngrupiljedz — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Assamese: পোত (püt) — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Assamese: কবৰ দে (kobor de) — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Azerbaijani: basdırmaq — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Azerbaijani: dəfn etmək — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Azerbaijani: torpağa tapşırmaq — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Bangi: kunda — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Bashkir: күмеү (kümew) — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Bashkir: ҡуйыу (quyıw) — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Bashkir: ерләү (yerləw) — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Belarusian: хава́ць (xavácʹ) — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Belarusian: пахава́ць (paxavácʹ) — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Belarusian: харані́ць (xaranícʹ) — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Belarusian: пахарані́ць (paxaranícʹ) — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Bengali: পোঁতা (pō̃ta) — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Bengali: মাটি দেওয়া (maṭi deōẇa) — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Bengali: গোর দেওয়া (gōr deōẇa) — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Breton: beziañ — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Breton: douarañ — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Bulgarian: погре́бвам (pogrébvam) — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Bulgarian: погреба́ (pogrebá) — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Burmese: မြှုပ်နှံ (hmruphnam) — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Burmese: မြှုပ် (hmrup) — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Burmese: မြေချ (mrehkya.) — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Catalan: enterrar — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Catalan: sepultar — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Cherokee: ᎦᏂᏏᎭ (ganisiha) — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Chinese Mandarin: 埋葬 (máizàng) — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Chinese Mandarin: 埋 (mái) — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Chinese Mandarin: 下葬 (xiàzàng) — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Ngazidja Comorian: udziha — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Czech: pohřbívat — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Czech: pohřbít — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Danish: begrave — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Dutch: begraven — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Esperanto: enterigi — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Estonian: matma — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Faroese: jarða — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Finnish: haudata — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• French: enterrer — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• French: ensevelir — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• North Frisian: begreew — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Galician: enterrar — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Galician: soterrar — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Ge'ez: ቀበረ (ḳäbärä) — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Georgian: დამარხვა (damarxva) — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Georgian: დაკრძალვა (daḳrʒalva) — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• German: beerdigen — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• German: begraben — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍅𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍂𐍉𐌽 (ganawistrōn) — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Greek: θάβω (thávo) — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Greek: ενταφιάζω (entafiázo) — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Ancient Greek: θάπτω (tháptō) — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Haitian Creole: antere — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Hebrew: קָבַר (kavár) — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Higaonon: lubong — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Hiligaynon: lubong — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Hindi: गाड़ना (gāṛnā) — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Hindi: दफ़नाना (dafnānā) — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Hindi: दफ़न करना (dafan karnā) — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• White Hmong: faus — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Hungarian: temet — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Icelandic: grafa — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Ingrian: havvata — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Ingrian: koopata — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Irish: cuir — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Irish: cuir san uaigh — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Irish: adhlaic — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Italian: seppellire — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Italian: inumare — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Italian: sotterrare — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Ivatan: ilaveng — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Japanese: 葬る (hōmuru) — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Japanese: 埋葬する (maisō suru) — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Kazakh: көму (kömu) — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Kazakh: жерлеу (jerleu) — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Khmer: កប់ (kɑp) — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Khmer: បង្កប់ (bɑɑbɑngkɑp) — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Korean: 묻다 (mutda) — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Korean: 매장하다 (maejanghada) — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Kyrgyz: көмүү (kömüü) — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Lao: ຝັງ (fang) — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Latin: sepeliō — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Latin: tumulō — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Latin: humō — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Latvian: apbedīt — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Latvian: apglabāt — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Lingala: kunda — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Lithuanian: palaidoti — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Low German: begrawen — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Macedonian: погребува (pogrebuva) — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Macedonian: погребе (pogrebe) — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Malay: kubur — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: leveng — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Marathi: गाडणे (gāḍṇe) — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Mauritian Creole: antere — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Middle English: graven — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Middle English: birien — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Mongo: kunda — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Mongolian: оршуулах (oršuulax) — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Mongolian: булшлах (bulšlax) — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Norman: entèrrer — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Norwegian Bokmål: begrave — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Norwegian Bokmål: gravlegge — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Norwegian Nynorsk: gravleggja — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Persian: دفن کردن (dafn kardan) — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Persian: نگندن (negandan) — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Polish: chować — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Polish: pochować — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Polish: grzebać — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Polish: pogrzebać — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Portuguese: enterrar — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Portuguese: sepultar — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Portuguese: inumar — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Quechua: p'ampay — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Romanian: îngropa — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Romanian: înmormânta — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Romanian: înhuma — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Russian: хорони́ть (xoronítʹ) — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Russian: похорони́ть (poxoronítʹ) — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Russian: погреба́ть (pogrebátʹ) — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Russian: погрести́ (pogrestí) — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Saho: oocoge — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Samoan: tanu — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Serbo-Croatian: сахрањи́вати — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Serbo-Croatian: сахра́нити — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Serbo-Croatian: sahranjívati — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Serbo-Croatian: sahrániti — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Slovak: zahrabať — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Slovak: pochovať — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Slovene: pokopavati — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Slovene: pokopati — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Spanish: enterrar — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Spanish: dar sepultura — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Spanish: sepultar — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Swedish: begrava — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Tagalog: libing — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Tagalog: maglibing — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Tagalog: ilibing — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Tajik: дафн кардан (dafn kardan) — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Tatar: күмәргә (kümärgä) — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Tausug: kubul — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Ternate: woto — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Tetum: taman — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Thai: ฝัง (fǎng) — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Turkish: defnetmek — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Turkish: gömmek — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Ottoman Turkish: كوممك (gömmek) — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Ukrainian: хова́ти (xováty) — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Ukrainian: похова́ти (poxováty) — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Ukrainian: хорони́ти (xoronýty) — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Ukrainian: похорони́ти (poxoronýty) — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Urdu: دَفَن کَرنا (dafan karnā) — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Urdu: گاڑْنا (gāṛnā) — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Urdu: دَفْنانا (dafnānā) — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Uyghur: كۆممەك (kömmek) — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Uyghur: دەپنە قىلماق (depne qilmaq) — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Uzbek: dafn qilmoq — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Uzbek: koʻmmoq — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Vietnamese: chôn — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Vietnamese: mai táng — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Volapük: sepülön — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Welsh: claddu — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Yakut: көм (köm) — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Yiddish: באַגראָבן (bagrobn) — to inter a corpse in a grave or tomb
• Albanian: fus — to place in the ground
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܩܵܒ݂ܹܪ (qawer) — to place in the ground
• Aromanian: ngrop — to place in the ground
• Aromanian: ngrupiljedz — to place in the ground
• Assamese: পোত (püt) — to place in the ground
• Azerbaijani: basdırmaq — to place in the ground
• Azerbaijani: gömmək — to place in the ground
• Bashkir: күмеү (kümew) — to place in the ground
• Belarusian: зако́пваць (zakópvacʹ) — to place in the ground
• Belarusian: закапа́ць (zakapácʹ) — to place in the ground
• Bulgarian: зара́вям (zarávjam) — to place in the ground
• Bulgarian: заро́вя (zaróvja) — to place in the ground
• Catalan: enterrar — to place in the ground
• Eastern Cham: ꨓꨗꩌ (tanưm) — to place in the ground
• Cherokee: ᎦᏂᏏᎭ (ganisiha) — to place in the ground
• Chichewa: kubyála — to place in the ground
• Chichewa: kudzála — to place in the ground
• Chinese Mandarin: 掩埋 (yǎnmái) — to place in the ground
• Chinese Mandarin: 埋藏 (máicáng) — to place in the ground
• Drung: leup — to place in the ground
• Dutch: begraven — to place in the ground
• Esperanto: enfosi — to place in the ground
• Finnish: haudata — to place in the ground
• Finnish: kaivaa maahan — to place in the ground
• Finnish: kuopata — to place in the ground
• French: enterrer — to place in the ground
• Galician: soterrar — to place in the ground
• Georgian: დამარხვა (damarxva) — to place in the ground
• German: vergraben — to place in the ground
• German: eingraben — to place in the ground
• Ancient Greek: θάπτω (tháptō) — to place in the ground
• White Hmong: faus — to place in the ground
• Italian: sotterrare — to place in the ground
• Iu Mien: biopv — to place in the ground
• Japanese: 埋める (umeru) — to place in the ground
• Kazakh: көму (kömu) — to place in the ground
• Kazakh: жерлеу (jerleu) — to place in the ground
• Latin: humō — to place in the ground
• Latin: dēfodiō — to place in the ground
• Latin: īnfodiō — to place in the ground
• Middle English: graven — to place in the ground
• Middle English: birien — to place in the ground
• Norman: entèrrer — to place in the ground
• Polish: zakopać — to place in the ground
• Polish: zakopywać — to place in the ground
• Portuguese: enterrar — to place in the ground
• Portuguese: soterrar — to place in the ground
• Quechua: p'ampay — to place in the ground
• Romanian: îngropa — to place in the ground
• Russian: зарыва́ть (zaryvátʹ) — to place in the ground
• Russian: зары́ть (zarýtʹ) — to place in the ground
• Russian: зака́пывать (zakápyvatʹ) — to place in the ground
• Russian: закопа́ть (zakopátʹ) — to place in the ground
• Samoan: tanu — to place in the ground
• Spanish: enterrar — to place in the ground
• Swedish: begrava — to place in the ground
• Swedish: gräva ner/gräva ned — to place in the ground
• Tagalog: magbaon — to place in the ground
• Tagalog: ibaon — to place in the ground
• Thai: ฝัง (fǎng) — to place in the ground
• Turkish: gömmek — to place in the ground
• Ottoman Turkish: كوممك (gömmek) — to place in the ground
• Ukrainian: зарива́ти (zaryváty) — to place in the ground
• Ukrainian: зари́ти (zarýty) — to place in the ground
• Ukrainian: зака́пувати (zakápuvaty) — to place in the ground
• Ukrainian: зака́пати (zakápaty) — to place in the ground
• Arabic: دَفَنَ (dafana) — to hide or conceal as if by covering with earth
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܩܵܒ݂ܹܪ (qawer) — to hide or conceal as if by covering with earth
• Azerbaijani: ört-basdır etmək — to hide or conceal as if by covering with earth
• Bulgarian: затрупвам (zatrupvam) — to hide or conceal as if by covering with earth
• Catalan: enterrar — to hide or conceal as if by covering with earth
• Dutch: begraven — to hide or conceal as if by covering with earth
• Finnish: haudata — to hide or conceal as if by covering with earth
• Finnish: hukuttaa — to hide or conceal as if by covering with earth
• French: enterrer — to hide or conceal as if by covering with earth
• Galician: soterrar — to hide or conceal as if by covering with earth
• German: vergraben — to hide or conceal as if by covering with earth
• Italian: sotterrare — to hide or conceal as if by covering with earth
• Italian: nascondere — to hide or conceal as if by covering with earth
• Italian: sprofondare — to hide or conceal as if by covering with earth
• Latin: dēfodiō — to hide or conceal as if by covering with earth
• Malay: kubur — to hide or conceal as if by covering with earth
• Norman: entèrrer — to hide or conceal as if by covering with earth
• Polish: zakopywać — to hide or conceal as if by covering with earth
• Polish: zakopać — to hide or conceal as if by covering with earth
• Portuguese: enterrar — to hide or conceal as if by covering with earth
• Quechua: p'ampakuy — to hide or conceal as if by covering with earth
• Russian: пря́тать (prjátatʹ) — to hide or conceal as if by covering with earth
• Russian: спря́тать (sprjátatʹ) — to hide or conceal as if by covering with earth
• Serbo-Croatian: zakopavati — to hide or conceal as if by covering with earth
• Serbo-Croatian: zakopati — to hide or conceal as if by covering with earth
• Swedish: begrava — to hide or conceal as if by covering with earth
• Swedish: gömma — to hide or conceal as if by covering with earth
• Tagalog: madumog — to hide or conceal as if by covering with earth
• Tagalog: idumog — to hide or conceal as if by covering with earth
• Turkish: saklamak — to hide or conceal as if by covering with earth
• Finnish: niellä — to suppress and hide away in one's mind
• Dutch: begraven — to put an end to; to abandon
• Dutch: opgeven — to put an end to; to abandon
• Finnish: haudata — to put an end to; to abandon
• German: begraben — to put an end to; to abandon
• Italian: seppellire — to put an end to; to abandon
• Italian: dimenticare — to put an end to; to abandon
• Italian: mettere una pietra sopra — to put an end to; to abandon
• Portuguese: esquecer — to put an end to; to abandon
• Swedish: glömma — to put an end to; to abandon
• Tagalog: kalimutan — to put an end to; to abandon
• Tagalog: limutin — to put an end to; to abandon
• Turkish: gömmek — to put an end to; to abandon
• Finnish: upottaa — to score a goal
• Finnish: listiä — slang: to kill or murder
• Finnish: peittyä jonkin alle — to render imperceptible by other, more prominent stimuli
• Finnish: jäädä jonkin varjoon — to render imperceptible by other, more prominent stimuli