different between burra vs caltrop

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi ???? (ba??, “large, important”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b???/

Adjective

burra (not comparable)

1. (India) Big or important, used as a respectful honorific.

   Synonym: bada

   • 1997, John H. Esterline, ?Mae H. Esterline, Innocents Abroad: How We Won the Cold War,page 27:

     The most burra of burra sahibs resided in spacious, columned villas within the exclusive enclave of Alipore.

   • 2017, Lila Lee, The Lotus Blossom

     Later she served the curried meal on an English blue and white flow-blue platter. “Spicy like my Maharanee. A burra meal, fit for a prince of India!”

Further reading

• “burra”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “burra”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Albanian

Noun

burra m pl

1. indefinite plural of burrë

Asturian

Noun

burra f (plural burres)

1. donkey (a domestic animal)

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English burre, perhaps from Old English byrst (“bristle”).

Noun

burra m (genitive singular burra, nominative plural burraí)

1. (engineering, metallurgy) burr
2. Alternative form of barra (“bar; (sand)bar; tack”)

Declension

Mutation

References

• "burra" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Latin

Etymology

From b?rrus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?bu?r.ra/, [?bu?r?ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?bur.ra/, [?bur??]

Noun

b?rra f (genitive b?rrae); first declension

1. A small cow with a red mouth or muzzle
2. A shaggy garment
   1. (Late Latin) (plural) trifles, nonsense

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

• English: bureau, burel, burgeon
• French: bourgeon
• Galician: borra
• Italian: borra, burla
• Portuguese: borra, burel, borla, burla
• Spanish: borra, burla

Adjective

b?rra

1. nominative feminine singular of b?rrus
2. vocative feminine singular of b?rrus
3. nominative neuter plural of b?rrus
4. accusative neuter plural of b?rrus
5. vocative neuter plural of b?rrus

References

• burra in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• burra in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• burra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Portuguese

Adjective

burra

1. feminine singular of burro

Noun

burra f (plural burras)

1. female equivalent of burro

Spanish

Etymology

Feminine of burro.

Noun

burra f (plural burras, masculine burro, masculine plural burros)

1. jenny, jenny-ass, she-ass
2. (colloquial) bicycle

See also

• borra

Adjective

burra

1. feminine singular of burro

Swedish

Verb

burra (present burrar, preterite burrade, supine burrat, imperative burra)

1. ruffle

Conjugation

Anagrams

• burar

English

Alternative forms

• caltrap

Etymology

From Old English calcatrippe (“plant that trips”), from Medieval Latin calcatrippa (“thistle”), from Latin calx or calcare + trappa.

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: k?l'tr?p, IPA^(key): /?kælt??p/
  • Rhymes: -ælt??p
• (UK) enPR: kôl'tr?p, IPA^(key): /?k??lt??p/
• • Rhymes: -??lt??p

Noun

caltrop (plural caltrops)

2. (weaponry) A small, metal object with spikes arranged so that, when thrown onto the ground, one always faces up as a threat to pedestrians, horses, and vehicles.
   • 1858, The journal of the British Archaeological Association

     […] her father, the emperor Alexius, who reigned AD 1081-1118, ordered caltrops to be cast in front of his archers […]

   • 1954, Joseph Needham, Ling Wang, Science and civilisation in China

     By Sung times, several different types of caltrops had been developed. As in earlier times, both caltrops could be made from both wood and iron...
3. (heraldry) The same object represented as a heraldic charge.
4. (colloquial) The starthistle, Centaurea calcitrapa, a plant with sharp thorns.
5. Any of a number of flowering plants in the family Zygophyllaceae, including several members of the genus Kallstroemia and the species Tribulus terrestris, native to warm temperate and tropical regions.

Synonyms

• (weaponry): caltrap, galtrop, cheval trap, galthrap, galtrap, calthrop, crow’s foot
• (starthistle): knapweed
• (Tribulus terrestris): puncturevine, cat's head, yellow vine, goathead, burra, gokharu, bindii.

Derived terms

• caltrop family (Zygophyllaceae)

Coordinate terms

• (weaponry): spike strip

Translations

See also

• caltrop on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Centaurea calcitrapa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Kallstroemia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Tribulus terrestris on Wikipedia.Wikipedia