bird

/ˈbɜːd/BURD
/ˈbɝd/BURD

Meaninga young bird, a nestling

Common meaning: a feathered animal that can usually fly

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishbrid‘a bird’sourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishbridsource
  3. Englishbird‘a feathered animal that can usually fly’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Old English brid ‘a young bird, a nestling’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry BIRD, p. 64 · dictionary scan; Bosworth & Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary (1898), entry brid, p. 126 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • brid Old English “a young bird, a nestling”

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