bour

See also: Bour

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English būr; more at bower.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbɔur/, /ˈbuːr/

Noun

bour (plural bours)

  1. A chamber or a cottage.
    • Geoffrey Chaucer, The Nun's Priest's Tale
      Ful sooty was hir bour, and eek hir halle,
      In which she eet ful many a sclendre meel.

Descendants

Romanian
bour

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin būbalus, from Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos, “antelope, wild ox”).

Noun

bour m (plural bouri)

  1. aurochs (Bos primigenius)
  2. wild bull
  3. wisent (Bison bonasus)
  4. the old emblem of Moldova (with the head of a wisent)

Declension
declension of bour
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) bour bourul (niște) bouri bourii
genitive/dative (unui) bour bourului (unor) bouri bourilor
vocative bourule bourilor

Synonyms

See also
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