different between bunting vs ortolan

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?b?nt??/
• Rhymes: -?nt??

Etymology 1

Possibly from dialect bunting (“sifting flour”), from Middle English bonten (“to sift”), hence the material used for that purpose.Possibly from Germanic bundt (“to bind or tie together”).

Noun

bunting (countable and uncountable, plural buntings)

1. Strips of material used as festive decoration, especially in the colours of the national flag.
2. (nautical) A thin cloth of woven wool from which flags are made; it is light enough to spread in a gentle wind but resistant to fraying in a strong wind.
3. Flags considered as a group.

Translations

Etymology 2

Wikispecies

From Middle English bunting, bountyng, buntynge (also as Middle English buntyle), of uncertain origin. Possibly a reference to speckled plumage, from an unrecorded Middle English *bunt (“spotted, speckled, pied”) akin to Dutch bont, Middle Low German bunt, bont, German bunt (“multi-coloured”) +? -ing.

Noun

bunting (plural buntings)

1. Any of various songbirds, mostly of the genus Emberiza, having short bills and brown or gray plumage.

Derived terms

• black-headed bunting (Emberiza melanocephala)
• corn bunting (Emberiza calandra)
• indigo bunting (Passerina cyanea)
• painted bunting (Passerina ciris or Calcarius pictus)
• pine bunting (Emberiza melanocephala
• reed bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
• rock bunting (Emberiza cia)
• snow bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)

Translations

Etymology 3

1922, apparently from Scots buntin (“plump, short and thick (esp. of children)”), itself an old term of endearment for children (1660s); the sense “plump” dates to the 1500s, and may be related to bunt (“belly of a sail”). Possibly related to butt (“(both noun and verb sense: buttocks; strike with head)”) or to bunny (“rabbit”). Compare with the nursery rhyme Bye, baby Bunting (1731), either of same origin or influenced this sense.

Noun

bunting (plural buntings)

1. A warm, hooded infant garment, as outerwear or sleepwear, similar to a sleeper or sleepsack; especially as baby bunting or bunting bag.

Etymology 4

Verb

bunting

1. present participle of bunt

Noun

bunting (countable and uncountable, plural buntings)

1. A pushing action.
2. A strong timber; a stout prop.
3. (obsolete) An old boys' game, played with sticks and a small piece of wood.

References

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay bunting, from Classical Malay bunting.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?n.t??/
• Rhymes: -?nt??, -t??, -??

Verb

bunting

1. (derogatory) to be pregnant, to get pregnant

Synonyms

• hamil, mengandung

English

Etymology

From Middle French hortolan (“gardener”), from Latin hortul?nus (“gardener”). Doublet of hortulan.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???.t?l.?n/, /???.t?l.æn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???.t?.læn/, /???.t?.l?n/

Noun

ortolan (plural ortolans)

1. A small European migratory bunting (Emberiza hortulana), once eaten whole as a delicacy.
   • 2003, Stewart Lee Allen, In the Devil's Garden: A Sinful History of Forbidden Food, page 73

     […] the last flavor Mitterand wished to savor belonged to the flesh of the endangered ortolan, a songbird the size of a human toe that is a crime to buy or hunt, and is certainly illegal to eat. Mitterand devoured it in the traditional manner, first covering his head with an embroidered cloth, then inserting the entire bird into his mouth. […] Only its head should dangle out from between your lips. Bite off the head and discard.

2. (US) Any of various similar birds, especially the bobolink, sora, or snow bunting.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:ortolan.

Hypernyms

• (a small bird eaten as a delicacy): bird, delicacy

Translations

French

Etymology

From occitan, from Latin hortul?nus (“gardener”). Cognate with dialectal French hortelain ("gardener").

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.t?.l??/

Noun

ortolan m (plural ortolans)

1. ortolan (small bird)

Related terms

• horticulture

Further reading

• “ortolan” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Polish

Etymology

From French ortolan, from Middle French hortolan, from Latin hortul?nus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?r?t?.lan/

Noun

ortolan m anim

1. ortolan (small bird eaten as a delicacy)

Declension

Further reading

• ortolan in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• ortolan in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From French ortolan.

Noun

ortolan m (plural ortolani)

1. ortolan

Declension