Luxembourgish

Noun

Bur m ‎(plural Buren)

1. spring, fountain

English

Alternative forms

• burr

Noun

bur ‎(plural burs)

1. A rough, prickly husk around the seeds or fruit of some plants.
2. Any of several plants having such husks.
3. A rotary cutting implement having a selection of variously shaped heads.
4. Alternative form of burr (small piece of material)

Translations

Anagrams

• RUB, rub

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse búr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buːr/, [b̥uːˀɐ̯], [b̥uɐ̯ˀ]

Noun

bur n (singular definite buret, plural indefinite bure)

1. cage

Inflection

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse burr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʏːr/
• Rhymes: -ʏːr

Noun

bur m ‎(genitive singular burs, nominative plural burir)

1. (poetic) son

Declension

The accusative plural buru also exists, but is only used in the phrase eiga börn og buru.

Istro-Romanian

Etymology

From Latin bonus, from Old Latin duenos, later duonus, from Proto-Italic *dw-enos, from Proto-Indo-European *dew- ‎(“to show favor, revere”).

Adjective

bur m ‎(feminine burĕ, neuter buro)

1. good

Lojban

Rafsi

bur

1. rafsi of bunre.

Maay

Noun

bur

1. flour

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [bʉʷːɾ]

Etymology

From Old Norse búr.

Noun

bur n ‎(definite singular buret, indefinite plural bur, definite plural bura or burene)

1. cage
2. goal (sports)

References

“bur” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etyomology 1

From Old Norse búr.

Noun

bur n ‎(definite singular buret, indefinite plural bur, definite plural bura)

1. cage
2. goal (sports)

Etyomology 2

Verb

bur

1. present tense of bu

References

“bur” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *būraz. Cognate with Old Saxon būr, Old High German būr (German Bauer ‎(“birdcage”)), Old Norse búr (Swedish bur).

Noun

būr m

1. private chamber, room

Descendants

• English: bower

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *būraz, whence also Old English būr, Old Norse búr.

Noun

būr m

1. peasant
2. quarters

Descendants

• German: Bauer

Old Saxon

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *būraz, whence also Old English būr, Old Norse búr.

Noun

būr m

1. neighbour
2. inhabitant

Descendants

• Low German: Buer, Boer

Etymology 2

Same as the masculine noun.

Noun

būr n

1. dwelling

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse búr, from Proto-Germanic *būraz.

Noun

bur m

1. dwelling, residence
2. storehouse
3. room, chamber
4. cage

Declension

Descendants

• Swedish: bur

Portuguese

Noun

bur m f (plural bures)

1. Archaic form of bóer.

Romagnol

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *burius, compare Italian buio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buːr/

Noun

bur m

1. darkness (lack of light)
   • December 2007, Nevio Spadoni, Guido Bianchi, Urazion in la Ludla, il Papiro, page 9:

     Te, che t’vid / la luš int e’ mi bur, […]

     You, who sees / the light in my darkness, […]

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish būr, from Old Norse búr, from Proto-Germanic *būraz.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʉːr

Noun

bur c

1. a cage
2. (slang) a prison, a jail, an arrest

   att sitta i buren

   to be imprisoned

Declension

Veps

Etymology

Borrowing from Russian бу́рый ‎(búryj).

Adjective

bur

1. brown

Inflection

Noun

bur

1. brown

Inflection

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “бурый”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /bɨːr/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /biːr/

Adjective

bur

1. Soft mutation of pur.

Mutation