burger A1 Topic:Food & Drink US /ˈbɝ.ɡɚ/ UK /ˈbɜː.ɡə(ɹ)/ See IPA manual Freq #4501 Meanings 1 noun A flat round cake of minced meat served in a bun, often with other fillings. We ordered burgers and fries at the diner. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a flat round cake of minced... hamburger Word family Related forms cheeseburger Etymology AI details Clipping of hamburger, rebracketing it as ham + burger. From around 1939. The "American" sense is likely a back-formation from Burgerland. *bʰerǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European View etymology graph -> Topics Food & Drink External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # burger **Type:** Word **Level:** A1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈbɝ.ɡɚ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈbɜː.ɡə(ɹ)/ **Frequency rank:** 4501 ## Meanings 1. A flat round cake of minced meat served in a bun, often with other fillings. ## Examples - We ordered burgers and fries at the diner. ## Related Forms - cheeseburger ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *bʰerǵʰ- ## Etymology Clipping of hamburger, rebracketing it as ham + burger. From around 1939. The "American" sense is likely a back-formation from Burgerland. ## AI Etymology Burger is a clipping of hamburger, rebracketing it as ham + burger. From around 1939. The "American" sense is likely a back-formation from Burgerland. ## Topics - Food & Drink markdown