burdo

See also: Burdo

Esperanto

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] French bourdon

Noun

burdo (accusative singular burdon, plural burdoj, accusative plural burdojn)

1. bumble-bee

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Latin

Alternative forms

• burdus

Etymology

Not natively Latin since an initial v would be expected; probably of Celtic origin, from Gaulish *burdus (“mule”), according to Whatmough, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷr̥dus, *gʷrd-o- (“slow, heavy, tired”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈbur.doː/, [ˈbʊrd̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbur.do/, [ˈburd̪o]

Noun

burdō m or f (genitive burdōnis); third declension

1. mule; hinny (offspring of a jackass and a mare or of a stallion and a jenny)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	burdō	burdōnēs
Genitive	burdōnis	burdōnum
Dative	burdōnī	burdōnibus
Accusative	burdōnem	burdōnēs
Ablative	burdōne	burdōnibus
Vocative	burdō	burdōnēs

Derived terms

• burdōnicus
• burdōnārius
• burdunculus

Descendants

• → Ancient Greek: βουρδών (bourdṓn)
  • → Classical Syriac: ܒܰܪܕܽܘܢܳܐ (barḏūnā)
    • → Arabic: بِرْذَوْن (birḏawn)
      • → Persian: برذون (berzown),‎ بردون‎ (berdown)

References

• Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “burdo”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots‎^[1] (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 78
• “burdo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• burdo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• burdo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Template:R:ine:Roberts
• The Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies, Volume 29, Issue 2 (1981)
• Latin Notes, Volumes 1-6 (1923)

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Sardinian

Etymology

From Late Latin burdus (“bastard, mule”), probably of Celtic origin.

Noun

burdo

1. bastard
2. not original
3. not working properly

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Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin burdus (“bastard, mule”), probably of Celtic origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuɾdo/ [ˈbuɾ.ð̞o]

Adjective

burdo (feminine burda, masculine plural burdos, feminine plural burdas)

1. coarse, rough
2. crude
3. rude, uncouth

Synonyms

• crudo
• rudo
• bruto

References

• “burdo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014