byre

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byre

/ˈbaɪə/ UK
/ˈbaɪɚ/ US

Rhymes with -aɪə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

From Middle English bire, bier, byr, from Old English bȳre.

noun byres

UK A barn, especially one used for keeping cattle in. It was here in the kitchen, in the passage, In the mews in the harn in the byre in the market-place [...]
Similar: cowbarn, cowhouse

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noun a barn, especially one used for keeping cattle

Español	vaquería, vaqueriza
हिन्दी	गौशाला gauśālā, अश्वशाला aśvaśālā
Português	vacaria
Français	étable
Deutsch	Kuhstall
Italiano	vaccheria
Ελληνικά	βουστάσιο voustásio
Русский	хлев xlev, коро́вник koróvnik
العربية	حَظِيرَة ḥaẓīra, زَرِيبَة zarība
עברית	רֶפֶת

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@misc{byre_2026,
  title = {byre},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/byre},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}