boor

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Related terms 1.3.2 Translations 2 Dutch 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Etymology 1 2.2.1 Noun 2.2.1.1 Derived terms 2.2.2 Verb form 2.3 Etymology 2 2.3.1 Noun 2.3.1.1 Synonyms 2.3.1.2 Derived terms 2.3.1.3 Related terms 3 Estonian 3.1 Noun

[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\/

  Rhymes: -ɔːr

• Homophones: boar, bore

[edit] Noun

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

[edit] Related terms

• boorish
• boorishly
• boorishness

[edit] Translations

• Bulgarian: грубиян
• Italian: cafone it(it) m.

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Etymology 1

Germanic, cognate with German bohren 'to drill'

[edit] Noun

boor (plural boren, diminutive boortje, diminutive plural boortjes)

1. A drill

[edit] Derived terms

• boorapparaat n.
• booras m. and f.
• boorbeitel m.
• boorbuis m. and f.
• boorder m.
• booreiland n.
• boorgat n.
• boorhelper m.
• boorkever m.
• boorkop m.
• boren (verb)

[edit] Verb form

imperative and singular present imperfect forms of boren boor

[edit] Etymology 2

From Latin borium, ultimately from Greek

[edit] Noun

boor

1. The metalloid element boron

[edit] Synonyms

• borium n.

[edit] Derived terms

• boorwater n.
• boorzalf m. and f.
• boorzuur n.

[edit] Related terms

• borax n.

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[edit] Estonian

Chemical element
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[edit] Noun

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boor

1. (chemistry) The metalloid element boron