boor

See also: Boor

English

Etymology

Borrowing from Dutch boer (“peasant”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *būraz (“dweller, inhabitant”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: bŏŏr, IPA^(key): /bʊə(ɹ)/, enPR: bô, IPA^(key): /bɔː(ɹ)/
• (US) enPR: bŏŏr, IPA^(key): /bʊɹ/, enPR: bôr, IPA^(key): /bɔɹ/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ʊə(r), -ɔː(r)
• Homophones: Boer, boar, bore, Bohr

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 (bg) (grubijan)
• French: rustre (fr)
• Italian: cafone (it) m

• Romanian: țăran (ro) m
• Spanish: huaso (es) m (Chile)

a Boer, white South African of Dutch or Huguenot descent

• Italian: boero m

• Polish: Bur (pl) m

a yokel

• Czech: buran (cs) m
• French: plouc (fr) m
• Greek: αγροίκος (el) m (agroíkos)

• Romanian: țăran (ro) m, bădăran (ro) m, mojic (ro) m
• Spanish: paleto m

an uncultured person

• Czech: buran (cs) m
• French: mufle (fr) m, pignouf (fr) m, rustre (fr) m, beauf (fr) m, plouc (fr) m
• Galician: pailán, pailaroco, paifoco (gl), paiolo (gl), paduán (gl), badoco
• Greek: αγροίκος (el) m (agroíkos)
• Irish: abhlóir m, amhlán m
• Italian: cafone (it) m
• Latin: rupex m

• Persian: ارنئوت‎ (arnaut)
• Polish: prostak (pl) m, cham (pl) m
• Portuguese: rústico (pt) m
• Romanian: necioplit (ro) m, incult (ro) m
• Russian: хам (ru) m (xam), ха́мка (ru) f (xámka), грубия́н (ru) m (grubiján), грубия́нка (ru) f (grubijánka)
• Spanish: patán (es) m, cateto (es) m, paleto m
• Volapük: (♂♀) grobälan (vo), (♂) higrobälan, (♀) jigrobälan

Anagrams

• -boro, Boro, boro, boro-, robo-

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Afrikaans

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

Noun

boor (plural bore, diminutive boortjie)

1. drill
2. (uncountable) boron

Synonyms

• (chemical element): borium

Verb

boor (present boor, present participle borende, past participle geboor)

1. to drill

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -oːr

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Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch bore.

Noun

boor f (plural boren, diminutive boortje n)

1. drill

Derived terms

• boorapparaat n
• booras m
• boorbeitel m
• boorbuis m
• 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

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

Dutchification of borium.

Noun

boor n (uncountable)

1. boron

Synonyms

• borium n

Derived terms

• boorwater n
• boorzalf m
• boorzuur n

Related terms

• borax n

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Estonian

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

Noun

boor (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

1. boron

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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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

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Adjective

boor

1. poor