kerb

English

Alternative forms

curb (US and Canada)

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /kɝb/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kɜːb/
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)b
Homophone: curb

Noun

kerb (plural kerbs)

(Britain, Australia, New Zealand) The edge between the pavement and the roadway, consisting of a line of kerbstones.

Derived terms

Translations

edge between pavement and roadway

Bulgarian: бордю́р (bg) m (bordjúr)
Catalan: vorada f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 路緣 (zh), 路缘 (zh) (lùyuán)
Czech: obrubník m
Danish: kantsten c
Dutch: stoeprand (nl), borduur (nl)
Faroese: kantsteinur m
Finnish: reunakiveys (fi), jalkakäytävän reuna
French: bordure (fr) f, bordure du trottoir f
Galician: bordo (gl) m
German: Bordstein (de) m, Randstein (de) m
Irish: colbha m

Italian: orlo del marciapiede m
Japanese: 縁石 (えんせき, enseki, ふちいし, fuchiishi, へりいし, heriishi)
Maori: tapa rori
Persian: جدول‎‎ (fa) (jadval)
Polish: krawężnik (pl) m
Portuguese: guia (pt) f, meio-fio (pt) m, lancil (pt) m
Russian: бордю́р (ru) m (bordjúr), поре́брик (ru) m (porébrik) (regional, rare)
Scottish Gaelic: oir chabhsair f
Serbo-Croatian: rubnik (sh), ivičnjak (sh) m
Spanish: bordillo (es) m
Swedish: trottoarkant (sv) c
Welsh: ymyl palmant m, ymyl pafin m

Verb

kerb (third-person singular simple present kerbs, present participle kerbing, simple past and past participle kerbed)

(Britain, transitive) To damage vehicle wheels or tyres by running into or over a pavement kerb.

Anagrams

Berk, berk, brek

Kurdish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkɛɾb/

Noun

kerb ?

sadness

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