ayrshire

1. 1.

   hardy breed of dairy cattle from Ayr, Scotland

   Broaderdairy cattle

Other forms of ayrshire

plural

ayrshires·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about ayrshire

What does ayrshire mean?

ayrshire means "hardy breed of dairy cattle from Ayr, Scotland".

How many syllables are in ayrshire?

ayrshire has 4 syllables, though it cannot be divided in writing — the spelling has fewer vowels than the word has beats. In IPA it is /ˈeɪɚˌʃaɪɚ/.