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Line 6: ===Pronunciation=== * ~~{{a\|GA}}~~ {{IPA\|en\|/bɝk/\|a=GA}} * ~~{{a\|UK}}~~ {{IPA\|en\|/bɜː(ɹ)k/\|a=UK}} * {{audio\|en\|En-au-berk.ogg\|~~Audio (~~a=AU)}} * {{rhymes\|en\|ɜː(ɹ)k\|s=1}} * {{homophones\|en\|birk}} Line 15: {{en-noun}} # {{lb\|en\|UK\| Ireland\|~~Australia\|New Zealand~~Commonwealth\|slang\|derogatory\|vulgar~~}} {{synonym of\|en\|cunt}} ''in [[its]] [[various]] [[sense]]s'', {{lb\|en\|now\|_\|especially\|_\|somewhat\|_\|affectionate~~}} a [[fool]], a [[prat]], a [[twit]], etc. {{defdate\|1930}} #* {{quote-journal\|en-GB\|author=Nicholas Lezard\|title=Ad execs quoting Gramsci? Only in France\|work=The Guardian\|date=2003-07-12\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2003/jul/12/featuresreviews.guardianreview24\|issn=0261-3077\|passage=His chat-up techniques have to be read to be imagined—they make the crudest of Loaded-style '''berks''' seem classy—and he earns far, far too much money.}} #* {{quote-av\|en\|date=Feb. 3 2006\|writer=Graham Linehan\|title=w:The IT Crowd\|season=1\|number=2\|passage=I don't know why they couldn't just keep it as it was! How hard is it to remember [[911]]?<br>You mean [[999]]...<br>I mean [[999]]!<br>That's the [[American]] one!<br>Yeah!<br>You '''berk'''.}} ====Usage notes==== Although the term remains in fairly wide use, its specific origin and meaning in rhyming slang is less well known, lessening its vulgarity~~. In particular, ''berk'' is almost never parsed as gendered in the way {{m\|en\|cunt}} often is~~. ====Synonyms==== * ''See~~'' [[cunt]] ''and~~'' [[Thesaurus:fool\|fool]] ''and'' [[Thesaurus:idiot\|idiot]] ====See also==== * {{l\|en\|Belvoir}} {{qualifier\|pronounced Beaver}} ====References==== * "berk" in ''Chambers Dictionary'' * "berk" in Jonathon Green's ''Cassell's Dictionary of Slang'' {{ISBN\|0-304-35167-9}} Line 73: <references/> ~~[[Category:~~{{C\|sq:\|Goats]]}} ~~[[Category:~~{{C\|sq:\|Mammals]]}} ~~[[Category:~~{{C\|sq:\|Zoology]]}} ~~[[Category:~~{{C\|sq:\|Animals]]}} ==Dutch== Line 82: ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA\|nl\|/bɛrk/}} * {{audio\|nl\|Nl-berk.ogg~~\|audio~~}} * {{hyphenation\|nl\|berk}} * {{rhymes\|nl\|ɛrk\|s=1}} ===Noun=== {{nl-noun\|m\|-en\|~~berkje~~+}} # [[birch]], tree of the genus ~~''[[~~{{taxfmt\|Betula~~]]''~~\|genus}} #: {{syn\|nl\|berkenboom}} Line 101: * {{desc\|af\|berk}} ~~[[Category:~~{{C\|nl:\|Trees]]}} ==French== Line 107: ===Pronunciation=== * {{fr-IPA}} * {{audio\|fr\|LL-Q150 (fra)-Jules78120-berk.wav~~\|Audio~~}} ===Interjection=== Line 124: ===Etymology 1=== ~~From~~ {{inh+\|tr\|ota\|برك\|tr=berk}}, from {{inh\|tr\|trk-pro\|*berk\|\|mighty}}. Related to {{m\|tr\|pek}}. ====Adjective==== Line 134: # [[firm]], [[solid]] #: {{synonyms\|tr\|sağlam}} =====Declension===== {{tr-pred-c-adj\|i\|t}} =====Derived terms===== {{col-auto\|tr\|berkitmek}} ====References==== Line 141 ⟶ 147: ===Etymology 2=== ~~From~~ {{inh+\|tr\|ota\|برق\|tr=berk}}, from {{der\|tr\|ar\|بَرْق}}. ====Noun==== Line 147 ⟶ 153: # [[lightning]] =====Declension===== {{tr-infl-noun-c\|i\|poss=1}} ====References====