boor

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Etymology [edit]

From Dutch boer (peasant).

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Noun [edit]

boor (plural boors)

  1. A peasant.
  2. A Boer, white South African of Dutch or Huguenot descent
  3. A yokel, country bumpkin,
  4. An uncultured person

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Etymology 1 [edit]

Germanic, cognate with German bohren (to drill)

Noun [edit]

boor f (plural boren, diminutive boortje)

  1. a drill
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Verb [edit]

boor

  1. first-person singular present indicative of boren
  2. imperative of boren

Etymology 2 [edit]

Chemical element
B Previous: beryllium (Be)
Next: koolstof (C)

From Latin borium, ultimately from Ancient Greek.

Noun [edit]

boor n (uncountable)

  1. boron
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Estonian [edit]

Chemical element
B Previous: berüllium (Be)
Next: süsinik (C)

Noun [edit]

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Wikipedia et

boor (??? please provide the genitive and partitive!)

  1. The metalloid element boron

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boor

  1. first-person singular present passive indicative of boō

Swedish [edit]

Noun [edit]

boor

  1. indefinite plural of boa