kirk

1. 1.

   a Scottish church

   Broaderchurch

Other forms of kirk

plural

kirks·

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 kirk

What does kirk mean?

kirk means "a Scottish church".

How many syllables are in kirk?

kirk has 1 syllable: kirk. In IPA it is /ˈkɝk/.

Is kirk a common word?

kirk is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.