birr
French, noun/biʁ/
birr is spelled B-I-R-R (4 letters) and appears about once in every 43 million words in written French, the 207,469th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Birr is a French masculine noun meaning “birr (Ethiopian currency)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ancienne devise officielle de l'Éthiopie”.
What does birr mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebirr (Ethiopian currency)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ancienne devise officielle de l'Éthiopie.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of birr
- birrs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce birr?
- /biʁ/
- \biʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is birr in French?
birr appears about once in every 43 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).