ayr
UK/ɛə/
More pronunciations (1)Fewer pronunciations
Scotland/eɾ/
ayr noun: father. Also the alternative spelling of air.
Noun
ayr
Proper noun capitalized: Ayr
Ayr
- A town in South Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS3321).
- A river in East Ayrshire council area and South Ayrshire council area, Scotland, which runs into the Firth of Clyde at the town.
- A town in the Shire of Burdekin, Queensland, Australia.
- A village and township in Adams County, Nebraska, United States.
- A minor city in Cass County, North Dakota, United States.
- A township in Fulton County, Pennsylvania, United States.
- A community in North Dumfries township, Waterloo Regional County Municipality, Ontario, Canada.
Also used as
ayr is also the alternative spelling of air.
ayr meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Nepali
ayr in Tamil
- அயர்
ayr in Bengali
- আয়ার
ayr in Nepali
- आयर
Origin of ayr
Borrowed from Manx ayr. Doublet of faeder, father, padre, pater, and père.
Words formed from ayr
Words that rhyme with ayr
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- declare
- hair
- Sinclair
- where
- care
- layer
- mayor
- parterre
- fare
- glare
- lair
- pear
- prayer
- snare
- compare
- dare
- rare
- share
- swear
- ware
- wear and tear
- Ayer
- blare
- flair
- forbear
- Kerr
- laissez faire
- mousquetaire
- pare
- prepare
- repair
- stare
- unfair
- yare
- -ware
- abear
- aflare
- despair
- glair
- heir
- impair
- Pierre
- reair
- scare
- tare
- trillionaire
- Voltaire
- aware
Questions about ayr
- What does ayr mean?
- Ayr means father.
- What is ayr in Tamil?
- Ayr in Tamil is அயர். See Ayr meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is ayr?
- Ayr can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce ayr?
- Ayr is pronounced /eɾ/ (Scotland).
Words near ayr in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: ayr (page history and authors); Ayr (page history and authors); ayr (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ayr (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ayr (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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