Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

birse

/bɜː(ɹ)s/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.16 in modern English

Syllables: birse
IPA: /bɜː(ɹ)s/

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

name

A village and civil parish in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO5597).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from Scots birse (“bristle, hair”).

Word Breakdown

Root: birse

Usage

Inflected Forms

birses (plural)

Derived Forms

birsy

Phrases

lick the birse set up someone's birse

Questions

How do you pronounce birse?: The recorded pronunciation is /bɜː(ɹ)s/.
What does birse mean?: bristle
Where does birse come from?: Borrowed from Scots birse (“bristle, hair”).

How to pronounce birse

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