buron

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from French buron.

Noun

buron (plural burons)

  1. (often italicized) A traditional Auvergne shepherd's hut with a thatched roof, or a rustic mountain chalet in the same style.
    • 1996, Simone A. Abram, “Reactions to Tourism: A View from the Deep Green Heart of France”, in Jeremy Boissevain, editor, Coping with Tourists[1], →ISBN, page 194:
      According to Jaques, too, most of the tourists at the buron were French people with 'farming roots'

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Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *bhrē̆u- (wellspring), ultimately from *bʰer-, *bʰrē- (to bear). Compare Old High German brunno (wellspring), burjan (to push up, raise), Old English byrian (to come up, occur).

Verb

buron (aorist buroj, participle buruar)

  1. to spring, gush, flow

French

Noun

buron m (plural burons)

  1. A traditional Auvergne shepherd's hut with a thatched roof

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