different between boar vs zoar

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

From Zoar, one of five ancient cities in the Jordan valley; mentioned in the Bible in Genesis 19:22, 23, and 30 as the place where Lot fled with his wife and two daughters to escape death, when Yahweh destroyed the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. From Hebrew ?????? (tso`ar, “insignificance, smallness”). Was present in Old English as Sægor.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?z??.??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?z??.??/

Noun

zoar (plural zoars)

1. A place of refuge; a sanctuary.

Synonyms

• haven
• refuge
• sanctuary

Anagrams

• Razo, Roza

Galician

Etymology

Onomatopoeic. Attested since circa 1800.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zo?a?/, (western) /so?a?/

Verb

zoar (first-person singular present zoo, first-person singular preterite zoei, past participle zoado)

1. (of the wind) to howl; to hum

   Synonym: bruar

2. to buzz

Conjugation

References

• “zoar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “zoar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “zoar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Verb

zoar (first-person singular present indicative zoo, past participle zoado)

1. (colloquial, transitive with de or with no preposition) to mock (to make an object of laughter or ridicule)

   Synonyms: tirar sarro, caçoar, escarnecer, zombar

2. (intransitive, colloquial) to kid; to joke (to say or do something without being serious)

   Synonym: brincar

3. (intransitive, colloquial) to fool around (to engage in frivolous behaviour)
4. (slang) to mess up; to disorganize

Conjugation

Related terms

• zoeira