suburb

B2 Topic:Places & Geography

US /ˈsʌbɝb/ UK /ˈsʌbɜːb/ See IPA manual

Freq #20968

Meanings

1

noun
A mostly residential area on the edge of a city or large town.

They moved out of the city to a quiet suburb.
2

noun
Any district within a larger urban area.

The festival is held in a leafy suburb of the capital.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a mostly residential area... suburbia

Word family

Forms suburbs

Derived forms burbsnoburbssuburban suburbiasuburbian

Etymology

From Old French suburbe, subburbe, from Latin suburbium (from sub- (“under-”) + urbs (“city”)). Displaced native Old English underburg (literally “underborough”).

suburbe Old French suburbium Latin

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Topics

Places & Geography

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# suburb

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈsʌbɝb/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈsʌbɜːb/
**Frequency rank:** 20968

## Meanings
1. A mostly residential area on the edge of a city or large town.
2. Any district within a larger urban area.

## Examples
- They moved out of the city to a quiet suburb.
- The festival is held in a leafy suburb of the capital.

## Derived Forms
- burb
- snoburbs
- suburban
- suburbia
- suburbian

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: suburbe
- Root: suburbium

## Etymology
From Old French suburbe, subburbe, from Latin suburbium (from sub- (“under-”) + urbs (“city”)). Displaced native Old English underburg (literally “underborough”).

## AI Etymology
Suburb is from Old French suburbe, subburbe, from Latin suburbium (from sub- (“under-”) + urbs (“city”)). Displaced native Old English underburg (literally “underborough”). In present-day use, it can mean a mostly residential area on the edge of a city or large town, or any district within a larger urban area. Derived formations include burb, snoburbs, suburban, suburbia, suburbian.

## Topics
- Places & Geography

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