birdenbire

Meaning

all of a sudden, suddenly, abruptly, instantly

Frequency

C1
Hyphenated as
bir‧den‧bi‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/biɾˈden.bi.ɾe/
Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بردن بره (birden bire, “all of a sudden”), compound of bir (“a, one, indefinite determiner”) + -den (ablative suffix) + bir + -e (dative suffix), literally “from one to one”.

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