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boar
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)
- A wild boar (Sus scrofa), the wild ancestor of the domesticated pig.
- A male pig.
- A male boar (sense 1).
- A male bear.
- 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)
- (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)
- 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)
- drill, bore
Further reading
- “boar”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Yola
Etymology
Uncertain. Maybe from Middle English bor.
Noun
boar
- 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
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turtle
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?t??t?l/
- (US) enPR: tûr?t?l, IPA(key): /?t?t?l/, [?t?????]
- Rhymes: -??(r)t?l
Etymology 1
Modification of Middle English tortou, tortu, from Old French tortüe (under the influence of Middle English turtel, turtur (“turtledove”), see Etymology 2 below), from Medieval Latin tortuca (compare Spanish tortuga), the same source of tortoise (see there for more). Displaced native Old English byrdling.
Alternative forms
- tortle (obsolete)
Noun
turtle (plural turtles)
- (zoology, US, Canada) Any land or marine reptile of the order Testudines, characterised by a protective shell enclosing its body. See also tortoise.
- Synonyms: (obsolete) shellpad, (archaic) shield-toad
- (zoology, Australia, Britain, specifically) A marine reptile of that order.
- Synonym: sea turtle
- (military, historical) An Ancient Roman attack method, where the shields held by the soldiers hide them, not only left, right, front and back, but also from above.
- Synonym: testudo
- (computing) A type of robot having a domed case (and so resembling the reptile), used in education, especially for making line drawings by means of a computer program.
- (computing) An on-screen cursor that serves the same function as a turtle for drawing.
- (printing, historical) The curved plate in which the form is held in a type-revolving cylinder press.
- (computing theory) A small element towards the end of a list of items to be bubble sorted, and thus tending to take a long time to be swapped into its correct position. Compare rabbit.
- (dance) A breakdancing move consisting of a float during which the dancer's weight shifts from one hand to the other, producing rotation or a circular "walk".
- (television) A low stand for a lamp etc.
- Alan Bermingham, Location Lighting for Television
- Using an appropriate turtle allows the full range of pan and tilt adjustments on the luminaire and avoids possible heat damage to floor coverings.
- Alan Bermingham, Location Lighting for Television
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
turtle (third-person singular simple present turtles, present participle turtling, simple past and past participle turtled)
- To flip over onto the back or top; to turn upside down.
- 1919, Iowa Highway Commission, Service Bulletin, Issues 15-32, page 48
- Were speeding when car turtled […] Auto crashed into curb and turtled.
- 1919, Iowa Highway Commission, Service Bulletin, Issues 15-32, page 48
- To turn and swim upside down.
- To hunt turtles, especially in the water.
- (video games, board games) To build up a large defense force and strike only punctually, rather than going for an offensive strategy.
Translations
See also
- chelonian
- hatchling (turtle young)
- terrapin
- tortoise
References
- turtle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Turtle on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Testudines on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Testudines on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Etymology 2
From Middle English turtle, tortle, turtel, turtul, from Old English turtle, turtla (“turtledove”), ultimately from Latin turtur (“turtledove”), of imitative origin.
Noun
turtle (plural turtles)
- (now rare, archaic) A turtle dove.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.8:
- The same he tooke, and with a riband new, / In which his Ladies colours were, did bind / About the turtles neck […] .
- 1613, John Marston, William Barksted, The Insatiate Countess, I.1:
- As the turtle, every day has been a black day with her since her husband died, and what should we unruly members make here?
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.8:
Derived terms
Translations
Anagrams
- Lutter, ruttle, turlet
Old English
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin turtur (“turtledove”), of imitative origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?turt.le/, [?tur?t.le]
Noun
turtle f
- turtle dove
Coordinate terms
- turtla m (“turtle dove (male)”)
Declension
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