birdenbire
Meaning
all of a sudden, suddenly, abruptly, instantly
Frequency
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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Sentences
Ve birdenbire bana doğru koştu.
And suddenly he ran towards me.
Sonra birdenbire , mukaddeme filan yapmadan, anlatmaya başladı .
Then all of a sudden, without making any commencement, he started to tell.
Fakat birdenbire kağıtlar ve sakallarım görünmez oldu .
But suddenly the papers and my beard became invisible.
Sonra birdenbire kaşları çatıldı.
Then suddenly he frowned.
Fakat bulunduğum yer , birdenbire ayaklarımın altını yakmaya başlamıştı!
But where I was, it suddenly started to burn under my feet!
Sanki aradığım insan birdenbire peyda oluverecekmiş gibi gözlerimi ilerideki elektrik direğinin altına diktim.
I stared under the lamppost ahead as if the person I was looking for would suddenly appear.
Biz yolcular , birdenbire çöken sükutun içinde , olduğumuz yerlere uzanmış, kımıldamadan duruyorduk.
We, the passengers, lay where we were, motionless in the suddenly collapsing silence.