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BERT

/bɜːt/US/bɝt/

BERT is the acronym of Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers.

Proper noun capitalized: Bert

Bert

  1. A diminutive form of male given names containing the element bert, such as Albert or Robert, also used as a formal given name.

Origin of BERT

Shortened version of Bertrand, Albert, Bertram, Robert, Herbert, Gilbert or any name containing the Germanic element bert/berht/beraht/brecht "bright".

Phrases with BERT

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Questions about BERT

What does BERT mean?
BERT means a diminutive form of male given names containing the element bert, such as Albert or Robert, also used as a formal given name.
What is BERT the acronym of?
BERT is the acronym of Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers.
What part of speech is BERT?
BERT is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce BERT?
BERT is pronounced /bɜːt/ (UK).

Words near BERT in the dictionary

  1. berserks
  2. Bershad
  3. Berson
  4. Bersons
  5. Bersted
  6. BERT
  7. Bert and Ernie
  8. Berta
  9. bertam
  10. bertam palm
  11. bertam palms

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Adapted from Wiktionary: BERT (page history and authors); Bert (page history and authors). 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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