"birk" meaning in English

See birk in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /bɜː(ɹ)k/ [UK] Audio: En-au-birk.ogg [Australia] Forms: birks [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)k Etymology: From Middle English birk, birke, byrke, a northern variant of Middle English birche (“birch”). More at birch. (tree): Cognate with Scots birk. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|birk}} Middle English birk, {{m|enm|birke}} birke, {{m|enm|byrke}} byrke, {{cog|enm|birche|t=birch}} Middle English birche (“birch”), {{m|en|birch}} birch, {{sense|tree}} (tree):, {{m|sco|birk}} birk Head templates: {{en-noun}} birk (plural birks)
  1. (Northern England) A birch tree. Tags: Northern-England Categories (lifeform): Birch family plants, Leuciscine fish
    Sense id: en-birk-en-noun-lN~VaKVR Disambiguation of Birch family plants: 82 13 5 Disambiguation of Leuciscine fish: 63 28 8 Categories (other): Northern England English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 24 10 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 58 28 14
  2. A Eurasian minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus, syn. Leuciscus phoxinus).
    Sense id: en-birk-en-noun-328qlvUW
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /bɜː(ɹ)k/ [UK] Audio: En-au-birk.ogg [Australia] Forms: birks [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)k Head templates: {{en-noun}} birk (plural birks)
  1. (British, slang) Alternative spelling of berk Tags: British, alt-of, alternative, slang Alternative form of: berk
    Sense id: en-birk-en-noun-AlzQkylU Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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