Birk
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birk¹
- /bɜː(ɹ)k/ UK
- /bɝk/ US
Sounds like berk, Bourke, burk, Burke, burke · Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)k
Where it comes from
From Northern Middle English birk, birke, byrke (“birch”), (southern Middle English birche). More at birch.
(tree): Cognate with Scots birk.
noun birks
- A birch tree. Shadows of the silver birk / Sweep the green that folds thy grave.
- A Eurasian minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus, syn. Leuciscus phoxinus).
birk²
- /bɜː(ɹ)k/ UK
- /bɝk/ US
Sounds like berk, Bourke, burk, Burke, burke · Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)k
noun birks
- Alternative spelling of berk.berk
Birk³
Where it comes from
From the Anglo-Norman surname, from Old English burh, burg (“fortification, city”).
proper noun Birks
- A surname.
- A male given name.
