hamburger
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hamburger¹
- /ˈhæmˌbɜː.ɡə/ UK
- /ˈhæm.bə.ɡə/ UK
- /ˈhæmˌbɜɹ.ɡɚ/ US
- /ˈhæm.bəɹ.ɡɚ/ US
- /ˈhæmˌbʊɹ.ɡəɹ/
- /ˈhæmˌbʊɹ.ɡɐ/
- /ˈhæm.bəɹ.ɡəɹ/
Rhymes with -æmbɜː(ɹ)ɡə(ɹ), -æmbə(ɹ)ɡə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
Shortening of Hamburger sandwich, Hamburger steak, etc., the first element borrowed from German Hamburger (“native of Hamburg”), equivalent to Hamburg + -er.
noun hamburgers · hamburgher
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A hot sandwich consisting of a patty of cooked ground beef or a meat substitute, in a sliced bun, usually also containing salad vegetables, condiments, or both.
Similar: beefburger, liberty sandwich
-
The patty used in such a sandwich.
Similar: hamburger patty
- Ground beef, especially that intended to be made into hamburgers.
- An animal or human, or the flesh thereof, that has been badly injured as a result of an accident or conflict. The truck hit the deer and turned it into hamburger.
- Ellipsis of hamburger button
- Describing the shape of a rectangular piece of paper folded in half so that it forms a short rectangle.
verb hamburgers · hamburgering · hamburgered · hamburgher
- To badly injure or damage (a fleshy part of the body). The men played baseball on coral diamonds that tore their shoes and clothes and hamburgered their hands.
Hamburger²
- /ˈhæmbɜːɡə/ UK
- /ˈhæmbɝɡɚ/ US
Where it comes from
From Hamburg + -er.
noun Hamburgers
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A person from Hamburg.
Similar: Hamburgian
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: beefburger, ground beef, mincemeat, burger, meat, whopper, burgers, joes, cheeseburger, slider, quarter-pounder, chicken burger, shamburger, hamburg steak, butterburger, gardenburger
Translations
Every language
noun sandwich
| Español | hamburguesa |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 햄버거 haembeogeo |
| 日本語 | ハンバーガー hanbāgā |
| 中文 | 漢堡 /汉堡 hànbǎo, 漢堡包 /汉堡包 hànbǎobāo |
| हिन्दी | हैमबर्गर haimbargar |
| Português | hamburger, hambúrguer, sandes de hambúrguer |
| Français | hamburger, hambourgeois |
| Deutsch | Hamburger |
| Italiano | hamburger, panino di svizzera, amburghese |
| Ελληνικά | χάμπουργκερ chámpourgker, χάμπεργκερ chámpergker |
| Română | hamburger |
| Русский | га́мбургер gámburger |
| Tiếng Việt | hăm-bơ-gơ, hem-bơ-gơ |
| العربية | هَامْبُرْغَر hāmburḡar, هَامْبُورْجَر hāmbūrjar, بُرْغَر burḡar |
| עברית | הַמְבּוּרְגֶּר hamburger |
noun patty
| Español | hamburguesa, whopper |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 햄버거 haembeogeo |
| 日本語 | ハンバーグ hanbāgu |
| 中文 | 漢堡排 /汉堡排 hànbǎopái, 肉餅 /肉饼 ròubǐng |
| हिन्दी | हैमबर्गर haimbargar, पैटी paiṭī |
| Français | hamburger |
| Deutsch | Hamburger |
| Italiano | hamburger, svizzera, svizzerina, medaglione, amburghese |
| Ελληνικά | μπιφτέκι biftéki |
| Русский | котле́та kotléta, га́мбургер gámburger |
noun A person from Hamburg
| Español | hamburgués, hamburguesa |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | ハンブルク人 hanburuku jin |
| 中文 | 漢堡人 /汉堡人 |
| Português | hamburguês, hamburguesa |
| Français | Hambourgeois, Hambourgeoise |
| Deutsch | Hamburger, Hamburgerin |
| Italiano | amburghese |
| Русский | гамбуржанин gamburžanin, гамбуржец gamburžec |
Talk about this word "hamburger." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/hamburger. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. hamburger. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/hamburger "hamburger." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/hamburger.Cite this
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title = {hamburger},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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