boor
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Dutch boer (“peasant”).
[edit] Pronunciation
- (RP) enPR: bô, IPA: /bɔː(ɹ)/, SAMPA: /bO:(r\)/
- Rhymes: -ɔː(r)
- (US) enPR: bôr, IPA: /bɔːɹ/ SAMPA: /bO:r\/
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Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɔːr
- Homophones: boar, bore
[edit] Noun
boor (plural boors)
- A peasant.
- A Boer, white South African of Dutch or Huguenot descent
- A yokel, country bumpkin,
- An uncultured person
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[edit] Translations
a Boer, white South African of Dutch or Huguenot descent
an uncultured person
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[edit] Dutch
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[edit] Etymology 1
Germanic, cognate with German bohren (“to drill”)
[edit] Noun
boor c. (plural boren, diminutive boortje)
- a drill
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[edit] Verb
boor
[edit] Etymology 2
From Latin borium, ultimately from Greek
[edit] Noun
boor n.
- The metalloid element boron
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- borium n.
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- borax n.
[edit] Estonian
| Chemical element | |
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| B | Previous: berüllium (Be) |
| Next: süsinik (C) | |
[edit] Noun
boor (??? please provide the genitive and partitive!)
- The metalloid element boron
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[edit] Latin
[edit] Verb
boor
- first-person singular present passive indicative of boō
[edit] Swedish
[edit] Noun
boor
- indefinite plural of boa
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