burdo

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Esperanto

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Etymology

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From French bourdon.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈburdo]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -urdo
  • Hyphenation: bur‧do

Noun

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

  1. bumble-bee

Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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Noun

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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

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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

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Descendants

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References

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  • Adams, J. N. (1993) “The Generic Use of “Mula” and the Status and Employment of Female Mules in the Roman World”, in Rheinisches Museum für Philologie, volume 136, →DOI, pages 55–60
  • 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.
  • Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
  • The Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies, Volume 29, Issue 2 (1981)
  • Latin Notes, Volumes 1-6 (1923)

Sardinian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Noun

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burdo

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

Spanish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbuɾdo/ [ˈbuɾ.ð̞o]
  • Rhymes: -uɾdo
  • Syllabification: bur‧do

Adjective

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

  1. coarse, rough
  2. crude
    Synonyms: crudo, rudo
    verdaderos burdos
    harsh realities
  3. rude, uncouth
    Synonym: bruto

Further reading

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