different between boar vs feral

English

Etymology

From Middle English bor, boor, from Old English b?r, from Proto-Germanic *bairaz.

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: bôr, IPA^(key): /b??/
• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: bô, IPA^(key): /b??/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: b?r, IPA^(key): /bo(?)?/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /bo?/
• Rhymes: -??(?)
• Homophones: bore, Bohr, boor (accents with the pour–poor merger)

Noun

boar (plural boars or boar)

1. A wild boar (Sus scrofa), the wild ancestor of the domesticated pig.
2. A male pig.
3. A male boar (sense 1).
4. A male bear.
5. A male guinea pig.

Coordinate terms

• sow

Derived terms

• boar-spear
• herd boar

Translations

See also

• hog
• pig
• swine

Anagrams

• Abor, Baro, Bora, baro-, bora, bora-, broa

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Dutch boer

Noun

boar m (definite singular boaren, indefinite plural boarar, definite plural boarane)

1. (historical) a Boer

Related terms

• afrikandar

See also

• boer (Bokmål)

References

• “boar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Alternative forms

• bouar

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin, Late Latin bov?rius or bo?rius (“cow herder”), from Latin bov?rius, bo?rius (“of cattle”), from b?s. Equivalent to bou +? -ar. Compare Aromanian buyear, French bouvier, Italian boaro, Portuguese boieiro, Spanish boyero.

Noun

boar m (plural boari)

1. cowherd

Related terms

• bou

See also

• v?car

West Frisian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

boar c (plural boaren, diminutive boarke)

1. drill, bore

Further reading

• “boar”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Yola

Etymology

Uncertain. Maybe from Middle English bor.

Noun

boar

1. hedgehog

References

• Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French féral, from fer + -al, or borrowed from a Late Latin fer?lis, from Latin ferus (“wild”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f???l/, /?f????l/
• Rhymes: -?r?l, -????l
• Homophone: Farrell (Mary–marry–merry merger)

Adjective

feral (comparative more feral, superlative most feral)

1. Wild, untamed, especially of domesticated animals having returned to the wild.
2. (of a person) Contemptible, unruly, misbehaved.

Derived terms

• feral child
• feral cat

Translations

Noun

feral (plural ferals)

1. A domesticated animal that has returned to the wild; an animal, particularly a domesticated animal, living independently of humans.
   • 2005, Alexandra Powe Allred, Cats' Most Wanted: The Top 10 Book of Mysterious Mousers, Talented Tabbies, and Feline Oddities, unnumbered page,

     Traffic, abuse, inhumane traps, and accidental poisoning are other hazards ferals must face. […] In England one gamekeeper claimed to have killed over three hundred ferals, while another brought home pelts to his wife so that she could design rugs from cat skins as a source of secondary income.

   • 2007, Clea Simon, Cries and Whiskers, page 26,

     You trap ferals, neuter them, and give them their rabies shot. Maybe distemper.

   • 2011, Gina Spadafori, Paul D. Pion, Cats for Dummies, unnumbered page,

     If you?ve ever put a saucer of milk out for a hard-luck kitty, or if you?re spending your lunch hour sharing sandwiches with the ferals near your office, this is the chapter for you.

2. (Australia, colloquial) A contemptible young person, a lout, a person who behaves wildly.
3. (Australia, colloquial) A person who has isolated themselves from the outside world; one living an alternative lifestyle.
   • 1995, Bill Metcalf, From Utopian Dreaming to Communal Reality: Cooperative Lifestyles in Australia, page 82,

     The intolerance which was directed towards us during the early years has now shifted to ‘the ferals’ who embrace a new version of nonconformist behaviour that even some of us in their parent?s generation — the Aquarian settlers — don?t like. The ferals are the scapegoats for the drug problems here, and are highly visible since many of them have nowhere to live.

   • 2002, Shane Maloney, Something Fishy, 2003, page 208,

     A pod of ferals was moving towards the exit, a half-dozen soap-shy, low-tech, bush-dwelling hippies.

   • 2010, Anna Krien, Into The Woods: The Battle For Tasmania's Forests, page 102,

     It?s the rootlessness of the ferals that people don?t seem to trust; their claims of connectedness to all wild places touches a nerve. Even residents of Maydena who want to see the Florentine protected dislike the ratbags? itinerancy.

4. (furry subculture) A character in furry art or literature which has the physical characteristics (body) of a regular animal (typically quadripedal), that may or may not be able to communicate with humans or anthros (contrasts anthro)

   The story is about a group of ferals which have to explore the ruins of society after the humans die out.

Derived terms

• feral child
• feral cat

Usage notes

• Feral in the furry-related sense can refer to both regular animals as well as characters which have the bodies of regular animals but the intelligence of a human. Intelligent feral characters are often depicted as speaking with other characters, but may only be able to speak with other ferals and not humans or anthros due to a language barrier.

Anagrams

• flare

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from a Late Latin fer?lis, from Latin ferus (“wild”), or formed from fiero +? -al.

Adjective

feral (plural ferales)

1. feral

Related terms

• fiero