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chirm

/t͡ʃɜː(ɹ)m/

chirm noun: a din or confused noise, as of many voices, birdsong, etc.

Noun

chirm (plural chirms)

  1. (obsolete) A din or confused noise, as of many voices, birdsong, etc.

Verb

chirm (third-person singular simple present chirms, present participle chirming, simple past and past participle chirmed)

  1. (obsolete) To chirp or to make a mournful cry, as a bird does.
    • Chyrme or chur, as byrdes do.1552, Richard Huloet, (Please provide the book title or journal name)

chirm meaning in Tamil

chirm in Tamil

சந்தடி

Forms of chirm

Noun
pluralchirms
alternative formchurm
alternative form (obsolete)churme
Verb
third-person singular presentchirms
present participlechirming
past participlechirmed
pastchirmed

Origin of chirm

From Middle English chirmen (“to chirp, twitter”), from Old English ċirman (“to make a noise, cry out, shout”), from Proto-West Germanic *karmijan (“to make a sound”). The noun is from Middle English chirm (“the call of various birds; chirping”), from Old English ċirm, ċyrm, ċearm (“noise, cry, alarm”), from Proto-West Germanic *karmi, *karm, from Proto-Germanic *karmaz, *karmiz. Doublet of charm (“sound, voices; group, flock”).

Words that rhyme with chirm

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Questions about chirm

What does chirm mean?
Chirm means a din or confused noise, as of many voices, birdsong, etc.
What is chirm in Tamil?
Chirm in Tamil is சந்தடி. See Chirm meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is chirm?
Chirm can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce chirm?
Chirm is pronounced /t͡ʃɜː(ɹ)m/.
What is the plural of chirm?
The plural of chirm is chirms.

Words near chirm in the dictionary

  1. chirl
  2. CHIRLA
  3. chirled
  4. chirling
  5. chirls
  6. chirm
  7. chirmed
  8. chirming
  9. chirms
  10. chiRNA
  11. chiRNAs

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: chirm (page history and authors); chirm (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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