byre

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English bire, bier, byr, from Old English bȳre. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbaɪɚ/ Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ) === Noun === byre (plural byres) (chiefly British) A barn, especially one used for keeping cattle in. 1999, Neil Gaiman, Stardust, page 9 (2001 Perennial Edition): The visitors came up the narrow road through the forest from the south; they filled the spare-rooms, they bunked out in cow byres and barns. ==== Synonyms ==== cowbarn, cowhouse ==== Coordinate terms ==== cowshed ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Brey, Byer, Erby, yerb == Albanian == === Verb === byre second-person singular aorist indicative of byr == Old English == === Etymology 1 === From Proto-West Germanic *burī (early *burijaz), from Proto-Germanic *buriz (“son”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈby.re/ ==== Noun ==== byre m (nominative plural byras or byre) child, son, descendant; young man, youth ===== Declension ===== Strong i-stem: === Etymology 2 === From Proto-Germanic *buriz (“hill, elevation”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈby.re/ ==== Noun ==== byre m (nominative plural byras or byre) mound === Etymology 3 === From Proto-Germanic *buriz (“favourable wind”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈby.re/ ==== Noun ==== byre m (nominative plural byras or byre) strong wind, storm ===== Descendants ===== Middle English: bir, bire, bur, byreEnglish: birr === Etymology 4 === From Proto-Germanic *burjaz (“opportunity”), related to Old English byrian (“to come up, occur”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈby.re/ ==== Noun ==== byre m (nominative plural byras or byre) time, opportunity; occurrence ===== Derived terms ===== ambyre (“favorable, fair”) === Etymology 5 === Probably related to Old English būr. Perhaps identical to the word for a farm or dwelling in German -büren, Dutch -buren. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈbyː.re/ ==== Noun ==== bȳre n (nominative plural bȳru) stall, shed, hut ===== Derived terms ===== cūbȳre m (“cow-byre, cow-shed”) ===== Descendants ===== English: byre == Scots == === Etymology === From Old English bȳre, but possibly influenced in usage by Gaelic "bò" meaning a cow. === Noun === byre (plural byres) A cattle shed or outhouse ==== Derived terms ==== byreman, cattleherd byregraip, a dung fork.