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 burbsnoburbssuburbansuburbiasuburbian Etymology AI details 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 View etymology graph -> Topics Places & Geography External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # 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 markdown