brr

See also: BRR

English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • Audio (UK):(file)
  • (naturally) IPA(key): [ʙ̩ː]
  • (spoken) IPA(key): /bɝ/

Interjection

brr

  1. Used to express being cold, to show shivering.
    • 1900, Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim, page x. 83:
      The teeth chattered faster, stopped, and began again twice before the man could master his shiver sufficiently to say, "Ju-ju-st in ti-ti-me....Brrrr."
    • 1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 1, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 7:
      'Brrrrr,' said Lieutenant Dubosc, realizing to the full how cold he was.
  2. An expression of disgust or aversion, as if shuddering.
    • 1996, Neil Gaiman, chapter 8, in Neverwhere, London: Headline Review, published 2005:
      Brrr. Even the thought of going underground made Old Bailey shudder.

Translations

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [brː]
  • Audio:(file)

Interjection

brr

  1. brr (exclamation of cold)
  2. an exclamation of disgust or aversion

Synonyms

  • (both senses) hu

German

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

Interjection

brr

  1. brr (exclamation of cold)
  2. an exclamation of disgust or aversion

Further reading

  • brr” in Duden online

Hungarian

Alternative forms

Etymology

An onomatopoeia.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbr]

Interjection

brr

  1. brr (used to express being cold, to show shivering)
  2. brr (an exclamation of disgust or aversion)

References

  1. ^ brr in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

  • brr in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
  • brr in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Italian

Interjection

brr

  1. brr

Polish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [brː]

Interjection

brr

  1. brr (in reaction to the cold or something gross)
    Synonym: pru

Further reading

  • brr in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • brr in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

brr

  1. brr