byrd

Other forms of byrd

plural

byrds·

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 byrd

What does byrd mean?

byrd means "English organist and composer of church music; master of 16th century polyphony; was granted a monopoly in music printing with Thomas Tallis (1543-1623)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in byrd?

byrd has 1 syllable: byrd. In IPA it is /ˈbɝd/.

What is another word for byrd?

Close synonyms include William Byrd, Richard E. Byrd, Richard Evelyn Byrd, Admiral Byrd. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is byrd a common word?

byrd is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with byrd?

13 words rhyme with byrd. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.