different between bunion vs burion

English

Alternative forms

• bunyon
• bunian, bunnion, bunnian (obsolete)

Etymology

From alteration of earlier bunny (“lump, swelling”), from Middle English bony, boni (“bunion, swelling”), perhaps Italian bubbone (augmented form of bugno (“beehive”)), or more likely from Lombard bugnon (“bunyon”), all three from Old French bugne, buigne, bune (“bump, knob, swelling”), from Old Norse bunga (“an elevation, bulge”) or Frankish *bungjo (“a swelling, lump, bump”), both from Proto-Germanic *bungô, *bunkô (“lump, clump, heap, crowd”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?en??- (“thick, dense, fat”). Cognate with Dutch bonk (“lump, clump”), German Bunge (“swelling, tuber”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?nj?n/
• Rhymes: -?nj?n
• Homophone: Bunyan

Noun

bunion (plural bunions)

1. (pathology) A bump or bulge on the first joint of the big toe caused by the swelling of a sac of fluid under the skin.
2. (colloquial, by extension) Hallux valgus, deviation of the big toe from its normal position towards the other toes, the prime cause for the swelling of its first joint.

Translations

Further reading

• bunion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek ??????? (boúnion).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?bu?.ni.on/, [?bu?ni?n]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?bu.ni.on/, [?bu?ni?n]

Noun

b?nion n (genitive b?ni?); second declension

1. a type of turnip, perhaps earthnut, Bunium ferulaceum

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).

Related terms

• b?nias
• b?n?tus

Descendants

• Translingual: Bunium

References

• b?n?on in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• b?n??n in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 231/3
• “b?nion” on page 245/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

English

Alternative forms

• burrion

Etymology

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Noun

burion (plural burions)

1. (archaic) The red-breasted house sparrow of California (Haemorhous mexicanus, formerly Carpodacus mexicanus, Carpodacus frontalis).

Synonyms

• house finch

Anagrams

• Rubino, Urbino