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chirr en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /t͡ʃɪr/ (Scotland)
  • /t͡ʃɛː/ Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger
  • /t͡ʃeː/ Liverpool, fair–fur merger
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • (Australia) audio
  • /t͡ʃɝ/ (General-American)
  • /t͡ʃøː/ (New-Zealand)
  • /t͡ʃɜː/ (Australia, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Imitative, ca. 1600. More at churr.

Meanings

  1. The trilled sound made by an insect.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
chirrs Number=Plur lexicographic
churr alternative lexicographic

Translations (4)

fi siritys (trilled sound) · ru треща́ние (trilled sound) · ru стрекота́ние (trilled sound) · es chirrido (trilled sound)

chirr en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /t͡ʃɪr/ (Scotland)
  • /t͡ʃɛː/ Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger
  • /t͡ʃeː/ Liverpool, fair–fur merger
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • (Australia) audio
  • /t͡ʃɝ/ (General-American)
  • /t͡ʃøː/ (New-Zealand)
  • /t͡ʃɜː/ (Australia, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Imitative, ca. 1600. More at churr.

Meanings

  1. (intransitive) To make the prolonged trilling sound of an insect (e.g. a grasshopper, a cicada).

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
chirred Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
chirred Tense=Past lexicographic
chirring Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
churr alternative lexicographic
chirrs Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Synonyms

stridulate · chirp

Translations (6)

fi sirittää (to make a trilled sound) · es grillar (to make a trilled sound) · ru стрекота́ть (to make a trilled sound) · es chirriar (to make a trilled sound) · ru треща́ть (to make a trilled sound) · sv syrsa (to make a trilled sound)