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burger¹

  • /ˈbɜːɡə/ Australia, UK
  • /ˈbəːɡə/ British, Southern, Standard
  • /ˈbɝ.ɡɚ/ US
  • /ˈbøːɡə/ New Zealand, Wales
  • /ˈbʌɾɡəɾ/ Scotland
  • /ˈbeːɡə/
  • /ˈbɛːɡə/

Sounds like Berger, -burger, burgher · Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)ɡə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

Clipping of hamburger, rebracketing it as ham + burger. First use appears c. 1937. Sense 5 is likely a back-formation from Burgerland.

noun burgers

  1. informal A hamburger.
  2. as a combining form A similar sandwich or patty. She was planning to have a burger for dinner.
  3. Australia, India, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, UK Any sandwich that uses two bread rolls or buns (in North America it only refers to a sandwich with two buns or bread rolls and a meat patty).
  4. Pakistan, derogatory, slang, usually A stereotypical well-off Pakistani aspiring to a westernized lifestyle.
  5. Internet, derogatory An American.

Similar: burger

burger²

  • /ˈbɜːɡə/ Australia, UK
  • /ˈbəːɡə/ British, Southern, Standard
  • /ˈbɝ.ɡɚ/ US
  • /ˈbøːɡə/ New Zealand, Wales
  • /ˈbʌɾɡəɾ/ Scotland
  • /ˈbeːɡə/
  • /ˈbɛːɡə/

Sounds like Berger, -burger, burgher · Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)ɡə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

See burgher. By surface analysis, burg + -er (“inhabitant of”).

noun burgers

  1. alternative Alternative form of burgher

Similar: burger

Burger³

noun Burgers

  1. alternative Alternative spelling of Burgher (“member of a Sri Lankan people”).
  2. A white wine grape of French origin.

proper noun Burgers

  1. A surname.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: cheeseburger, hamburger, cake, whopper, citizen, public, civil, hamburg, berger, salazar, birger, citizens, joes, thore, beefburger, patty

noun

Similar: burger

noun

Similar: burger

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noun informal: hamburger

Españolbúrguer, burger, burguer
한국어버거 beogeo
日本語バーガー bāgā
中文漢堡 /汉堡 hànbǎo, 漢堡包 /汉堡包 hànbǎobāo
हिन्दीबर्गर bargar, हैमबर्गर haimbargar
Portuguêsbúrguer, xis
Françaisburger
DeutschHamburger, Burger
Ελληνικάμπέργκερ bérgker
Русскийга́мбургер gámburger, бутербро́д butɛrbród, бу́ргер búrger
العربيةبُورْجَر būrgar, بُرْغَر burḡar

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@misc{burger_2026,
  title = {burger},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/burger},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}