different between bustard vs mustard

English

Etymology

From Middle English bustarde, from an Anglo-Norman blend of Old French bistarde and oustarde, both from Latin avis tarda (“slow bird”), which is actually contradictory as bustards are fast runners.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?s.t?d/

Noun

bustard (plural bustards)

1. Any of several large terrestrial birds of the family Otididae that inhabit dry open country and steppes in the Old World.

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• Otididae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Otididae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• basturd

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English bustard, from Old French bistarde.

Noun

bustard m (genitive singular bustaird, nominative plural bustaird)

1. bustard

Declension

Derived terms

• ar bustard (“in the lurch”)

Mutation

References

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

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From Middle English mustard, from Old French moustarde (French: moutarde), from moust (“must”), from Latin mustum. Compare Saterland Frisian Muster (“mustard”), Dutch mosterd (“mustard”), German Low German Musterd (“mustard”), Icelandic mustarður (“mustard”). Displaced Middle English senep, from Old English senep. Doublet of mostarda.

Pronunciation

• enPR: m?s?-t?rd, IPA^(key): /?m?st?rd/
  • (General Australian) IPA^(key): [?mas.t?d]
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): [?m?s.t?d]
  • (Northern England) IPA^(key): [?m?s.t?d]
  • (US) IPA^(key): [?m?s.t?d]
• Hyphenation: mus?tard
• Homophone: mustered

Noun

mustard (usually uncountable, plural mustards)

1. A plant of certain species of the genus Brassica, or of related genera (especially Sinapis alba, in the family Brassicaceae, with yellow flowers, and linear seed pods).
2. Powder or paste made from seeds of the mustard plant, and used as a condiment or a spice.

3. The leaves of the mustard plant, used as a salad.

4. Dark yellow colour, the colour of mustard.

5. One of a family of vesicants containing one or more 2-chloroethyl (C₂H₄Cl) groups, commonly used in chemical warfare and cancer chemotherapy.
6. The tomalley of a crab, which resembles the condiment.

Synonyms

• senvy (obsolete)

Hyponyms

(vesicant containing 2-chloroethyl groups):

• mustard gas
• nitrogen mustard

Translations

Adjective

mustard (not comparable)

1. Of a dark yellow colour.
   • 2007, Cincinnati Magazine (page 81)

     Everything about her year-old restaurant, from the minimalist menu (about a dozen items) with refreshingly drivel-free descriptions to the decor (unadorned warm mustard walls, unclothed bistro tables), reflects her love of bringing people to the table for good, simple food that's not eclipsed by bells and whistles.

Translations

Derived terms

Related terms

• must (grape juice)

See also

Anagrams

• durmast, murtads

Middle English

Alternative forms

• mostard, mostarde, mustart, mustarde, musterd

Etymology

From Old French moustarde.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mustard(?)/, /?must?rd(?)/

Noun

mustard

1. A mustard plant; the plant where mustard seeds originate.
2. The seeds of this plant used as a spice or flavouring.
3. Mustard; a condiment made from mustard seeds.

Descendants

• English: mustard
• Scots: mustard, mustart

References

• “mustard, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-11.