bursary
/ˈbɝsɚi/noun
bursary is spelled B-U-R-S-A-R-Y: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 48,230th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, bursary means “A monetary award to university students that allows them to continue their studies” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of bursary is bursaries.
How many letters and syllables are in bursary?
| Letters | 7: B-U-R-S-A-R-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 48,230th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is bursary?
Bursary appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 48,230th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce bursary?
- US /ˈbɝsɚi/
- US /ˈbɝsəɹi/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-bursary.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with bursary?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as bursary from its last stressed vowel (/ɜɹsəɹi/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of bursary
- bursaries plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does bursary mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A monetary award to university students that allows them to continue their studies.
- 2
datedThe treasury of a religious order or public institution.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Bursary in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense award to university students:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Burschenschaft |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does bursary come from?
Borrowed from Medieval Latin bursaria, from bursarius.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).