burr

== English == === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /bɝ/ (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA(key): /bɜː/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /bʌr/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /bøː/ (Liverpool, fair–fur merger) IPA(key): /beː/ (Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger) IPA(key): /bɛː/ Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ) Homophones: bur, Burr, brr; birr (fern–fir–fur merger); bare, bear (both fair–fur merger) === Etymology 1 === From Middle English burre, perhaps related to Old English byrst (“bristle”). Cognate with Danish burre, borre (“burdock, burr”), Swedish borre (“sea-urchin”). ==== Noun ==== burr (plural burrs) A sharp, pointy object, such as a sliver or splinter. Hyponyms: sliver, splinter; chip, swarf Coordinate term: sharp Alternative form of bur (“rough, prickly husk around the seeds or fruit of some plants”). Synonym: sticker A small piece of material left on an edge after a cutting operation. A thin flat piece of metal, formed from a sheet by punching; a small washer put on the end of a rivet before it is swaged down. (historical) A broad iron ring on a tilting lance just below the grip, to prevent the hand from slipping. (historical) A metal ring at the top of the hand-rest on a spear. The ear lobe. A burr knot or burl. The knot at the bottom of an antler. (engineering) A revolving disk or cone with abrasive surfaces used to grind hard products in a grinder or mill. Coordinate terms: millstone, grindstone burr grinder ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== burr (third-person singular simple present burrs, present participle burring, simple past and past participle burred) (transitive, engineering) To grind using a burr (revolving disk or cone with abrasive surfaces). === Etymology 2 === Onomatopoeic, influenced by bur. Compare to French bruire. ==== Noun ==== burr (plural burrs) A rough humming sound. A uvular "r" sound, or (by extension) an accent characterized by this sound. ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== burr (third-person singular simple present burrs, present participle burring, simple past and past participle burred) (transitive) To pronounce with a uvular "r". (intransitive) To make a rough humming sound. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === Like brough, an alternative form of burgh (“mound, settlement”) employed in a special sense; thus a doublet of those terms, borough, Brough, burrow, and Bury. ==== Noun ==== burr (plural burrs) Synonym of brough (“halo around the sun or moon”) === Etymology 4 === From burl. ==== Noun ==== burr (plural burrs) (British) Alternative spelling of burl. === References === === Further reading === “burr”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present. “burr”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. “burr”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “burr”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present. == Albanian == === Noun === burr Gheg form of burrë === References === Jungg, G. (1895), “burr”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 13 == Old Norse == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *buriz (“male offspring; son”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear, carry, bring”). Cognate with Old English byre, Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂 (baur). === Noun === burr m son (when preceded by genitive of jǫrð) kenning for Thor verse 1 of the Þrýmskviða, (1936 translation by Henry Adams Bellows) Synonym: sonr poet ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: bur === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “burr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive == Yatzachi Zapotec == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish burro. === Noun === burr (possessed xpurr) donkey donkey-load ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Butler H., Inez M. (2000), Diccionario zapoteco de Yatzachi: Yatzachi el Bajo, Yatzachi el Alto, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 37)‎[8], second electronic edition, Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 31