birk

See also: Birk

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /bɜː(ɹ)k/
  • Homophone: berk
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)k

Noun

birk (plural birks)

  1. (Northern English) A birch tree. Cognate with Scots birk.
    (Can we date this quote?) The silver birk. - Alfred Tennyson.
  2. A small European minnow (Leuciscus phoxinus).
  3. (Britain, slang) Alternative spelling of berk

References

  • birk in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Scots

Alternative forms

  • byrk, birke, byrke

Etymology

From Old English birc or byrc. Cognate with Middle English birch and Northern Middle English birk.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛrk/, /ˈbʌrk/
  • (Southern Scots) IPA(key): /ˈbɪrk/

Noun

birk (plural birks)

  1. A birch tree.

Derived terms

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