English Explanatory Dictionary

jer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Clipping of jerfalcon.
noun
  1. either of the Proto-Slavic lax vowels /ɪ/ (front jer, ь) and /ʊ/ (back jer, ъ), which in Late Common Slavic were reduced in certain positions to ultrashort vowels [ɪ̆] and [ʊ̆] (weak jers) and then eventually lost.
name
  1. Diminutive of Jeremy.

Pronunciation

/jɛə/ /jɛɹ/

Word forms

jer jers

Etymology

From Russian ер (jer) or ерь (jerʹ).

Related words

yer yery
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