boor

English

Etymology

From Dutch boer (“peasant”).

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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• Rhymes: -ɔːr
• Homophones: boar, bore

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

Related terms

• boorish
• boorishly
• boorishness

Translations

a peasant

Bulgarian: грубиян French: rustre (fr)

Italian: cafone (it) m. Romanian: țăran (ro) m.

a Boer, white South African of Dutch or Huguenot descent

a yokel

Romanian: țăran (ro) m., bădăran (ro) m., mojic (ro) m.

an uncultured person

French: mufle (fr) m., pignouf (fr) m., rustre (fr) m. Romanian: necioplit (ro) m., incult (ro) m.

Russian: хам (ru) m.,хамка (ru) f. Volapük: (male or female) grobälan (vo), (male) higrobälan (vo), (female) jigrobälan (vo)

Anagrams

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -oːr

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Etymology 1

Germanic, cognate with German bohren (“to drill”)

Noun

boor c. (plural boren, diminutive boortje)

1. a drill

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. boorplatform n. boren (verb)

Verb

boor

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

Etymology 2

From Latin borium, ultimately from Greek

Noun

boor n.

1. The metalloid element boron

Synonyms

• borium n.

Derived terms

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

Related terms

• borax n.

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Estonian

Chemical element
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Noun

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

1. The metalloid element boron

Declension

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Latin

Verb

boor

1. first-person singular present passive indicative of boō

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Swedish

Noun

boor

1. indefinite plural of boa