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birney

/bˈɝni/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.15 in modern English

Syllables
bir-ney
IPA
/bˈɝni/
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A census-designated place in Rosebud County, Montana, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A design of smaller streetcar with a single four-wheel truck produced in North America between 1915 and 1930, and apparently named after Charles Birney.

Etymology

Scottish habitational surname from a place in Morayshire, probably from Scottish Gaelic braonach (“misty, wet, damp”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Birneys (plural) Birnie (alternative)

Homonyms

burney birnie berney

Rhymes With

attorney journey bernie ernie gurney kearney tourney burney kearny turney mcburney verney

Questions

How do you pronounce birney?
The recorded pronunciation is /bˈɝni/.
What does birney mean?
A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Where does birney come from?
It is traced to Scottish Gaelic.

How to pronounce birney

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