different between borrel vs sorrel

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?b???l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?b???l/, /?b???l/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French burel (“a kind of coarse woollen cloth”). Doublet of burel and bureau.

Alternative forms

• burrel

Noun

borrel (countable and uncountable, plural borrels)

1. (obsolete) Coarse woollen cloth; hence, coarse clothing; a garment.

   • This is to seye, if I be gay, sire shrewe,

     I wol renne out, my borel for to shewe.

2. A kind of light stuff, of silk and wool.

Etymology 2

Compare Old French burel (“reddish”) or French beurré (“butter pear”).

Noun

borrel (plural borrels)

1. A sort of pear with a smooth soft pulp; the red butter pear.

Etymology 3

Probably from borrel.

Adjective

borrel (comparative more borrel, superlative most borrel)

1. (obsolete) ignorant, unlearned; belonging to the laity, a mean fellow.

   • Siker thou speak'st like a lewd sorrel,

     Of heaven, to deemen so:

     Howbe I am but rude and borrel,

     Yet nearer ways I know.

   • But sires, by cause I am a burel man,

     At my my bigynnyng first I yow biseche,

     Have me excused of my rude speche.

   • Religioun hath take up al the corn

     Of tredyng, and we borel men been shrympes.

Anagrams

• Lorber

Dutch

Etymology

Diminutive of Middle Dutch borre, borne (“well, drinkwater”). Compare bron (“well”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?.r?l/
• Hyphenation: bor?rel

Noun

borrel m (plural borrels, diminutive borreltje n)

1. a shot of an alcoholic drink such as rum or gin; a tot
2. an informal, often impromptu reception or meetup, typically involving alcoholic drinks

Derived terms

• avondborrel
• borrelen
• borrelnoot
• vrijdagmiddagborrel

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s???l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?s???l/
• Rhymes: -???l

Etymology 1

From Middle English sorel, from Old French sorel, surele (“sorrel”), from Old French sur (“sour”), of Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *s?raz (“sour”); equivalent to sour +? -el (diminutive suffix). Compare Old English s?re (“sorrel”), Icelandic súra (“sorrel”), Dutch zuring (“sorrel”). More at sour.

Noun

sorrel (countable and uncountable, plural sorrels)

1. Any of various plants with acidic leaves, especially
   1. Rumex acetosa (common sorrel, garden sorrel), sometimes used as a salad vegetable.
   2. Members of genus Oxalis or family Oxalidaceae, woodsorrels.
   3. The roselle, Hibiscus sabdariffa.
2. A drink, consumed especially in the Caribbean around Christmas, made from the flowers of Hibiscus sabdariffa: hibiscus tea.
   • 2007, African and Caribbean Celebrations ?ISBN, page 56:

     Now, many people drink alcohol, but when I was a child I remember drinking sorrel, ginger beer and drinks made from fresh fruits such as soursop and passion-fruit. Sorrel was prepared over a long period, not as quickly as it is now.

   • 2009, C. C. Alick, Dancing with the Yumawalli: Inspired by True Events, page 62:

     For instance, one day we were sitting on the porch, looking down at the lagoon and the yachts from all over the world. He was drinking ginger beer mixed with rum, and I was drinking sorrel. No rum. Out of nowhere, he proposed.

   • 2012, Claudette Beckford-Brady, Sweet Home, Jamaica, page 390:

     Joy and the parents did not go either; we spent a quiet day at home, eating roast chicken and stuffing with our own green-gungu rice and peas, and drinking sorrel.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• oxalic acid
• schav
• sourwood

Further reading

• sorrel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

From Middle English *sorel, from Middle French *sorel, sorrel, surrel, from Middle French sor (“yellowish-brown, reddish-brown”), probably from Old Frankish *saur (“dried”), from Proto-Germanic *sauzaz (“dry”), from Proto-Indo-European *saus- (“dry, parched”); equivalent to sore (“reddish-brown”) +? -el (diminutive suffix). Cognate with Middle Dutch soor (“dry”), Old High German s?r?n (“to become dry”), and Old English s?ar (“withered, barren”). See also sere.

Noun

sorrel (countable and uncountable, plural sorrels)

1. A brown colour, with a tint of red.

Translations

Adjective

sorrel (not comparable)

1. Of a brown colour, with a tint of red. (especially: a sorrel horse)

Translations

See also

• Appendix:Colors