different between inter vs bur

English

Alternative forms

• enter (obsolete, pre-Latinised spelling)

Etymology

From Middle English enteren, borrowed from Old French enterrer, enterer, from Vulgar Latin *interr?re (“to put in earth”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?n?t??(?)/
• Rhymes: -??(r)
• (US) IPA^(key): /?n?t?/

Verb

inter (third-person singular simple present inters, present participle interring, simple past and past participle interred)

1. To bury in a grave.

   Synonyms: bury, inearth, entomb, inhume

   Antonyms: dig up, disentomb, disinter, exhume, unearth

2. To confine, as in a prison.

Usage notes

• The spellings intering (for interring) and intered (for interred) exist as well, but are much less common.

Derived terms

• reinter

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• -retin, -retin-, Terni, Tiner, inert, niter, nitre, riten., terin, trine

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin inter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?inter/
• Hyphenation: in?ter
• Rhymes: -inter
• Audio:

Preposition

inter

1. between
2. among

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.te/

Noun

inter m (uncountable)

1. (historical) Short for interurbain (“long-distance phone service”).

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto inter, English inter-, French inter-, Italian inter-, Spanish inter-, from Latin inter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?in.ter/, /?in.t??/

Preposition

inter

1. between, among
2. (figuratively) division, exchange, reciprocity

Antonyms

• exter

Derived terms

• inter-

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *enter, from Proto-Indo-European *h?entér (“between”). Cognates include Sanskrit ?????? (antár, “between, within, into”), Oscan ???????????????????? (anter, “between”), Old Irish eter (“between”), Albanian ndër (“between, among, amid, throughout”), Old High German untar (“between”) and German unter (“among”).

PIE adverb *h?entér gave rise to the adjective *h?énteros (“inner, what is inside”), whence also interior (“interior”) and intr? (“inside, within”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?in.ter/, [??n?t??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?in.ter/, [?in?t??r]

Preposition

inter (+ accusative)

1. between, among
2. during, while

Derived terms

• inter-
• interim

Descendants

References

• inter in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• inter in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• inter in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• inter in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Sardinian

Alternative forms

• intre

Etymology

From Latin inter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inter/

Preposition

inter

1. between, among

   Synonym: intra

Yagara

Pronoun

inter

1. Alternative form of nginda.

References

• State Library of Queensland, 2019 INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES ‘WORD OF THE WEEK’: WEEK FIVE., 29 January 2019.

English

Alternative forms

• burr

Etymology

From Middle English burre, from a North Germanic language, such as Danish burre (“bur, burdock”). See also burr. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

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Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(?)

Noun

bur (plural burs)

1. A rough, prickly husk around the seeds or fruit of some plants.
2. Any of several plants having such husks.
3. A rotary cutting implement having a selection of variously shaped heads.
4. Alternative form of burr (“small piece of material”).

Translations

Anagrams

• RUB, bru, rub

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse búr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bu?r/, [b?u????], [b?u???]
• Rhymes: -ur

Noun

bur n (singular definite buret, plural indefinite bure)

1. cage

Inflection

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse burr, from Proto-Germanic *buriz. Cognate with Old English byre (“descendant, son”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??r/
• Rhymes: -??r

Noun

bur m (genitive singular burs, nominative plural burir)

1. (poetic) son

Declension

The accusative plural buru also exists, but is only used in the phrase eiga börn og buru.

Derived terms

• -bur

Istro-Romanian

Etymology

From Latin bonus, from Old Latin duenos, later duonus, from Proto-Italic *dw-enos, from Proto-Indo-European *dew- (“to show favor, revere”).

Adjective

bur m (feminine bur?, neuter buro)

1. good

Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch boor (“drill”).

Noun

bur

1. drill

Latvian

Verb

bur

1. 2nd person singular present indicative form of burt
2. 3rd person singular present indicative form of burt
3. 3rd person plural present indicative form of burt
4. 2nd person singular imperative form of burt
5. (with the particle lai) 3rd person singular imperative form of burt
6. (with the particle lai) 3rd person plural imperative form of burt

Maay

Noun

bur

1. flour

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse búr.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [b????]

Noun

bur n (definite singular buret, indefinite plural bur, definite plural bura or burene)

1. cage
2. goal (sports)

Derived terms

• burhøne, burhøns

References

“bur” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse búr.

Noun

bur n (definite singular buret, indefinite plural bur, definite plural bura)

1. cage
2. goal (sports)

Etymology 2

Verb

bur

1. present of bu

References

“bur” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *b?raz. Cognate with Old Saxon b?r, Old High German b?r (German Bauer (“birdcage”)), Old Norse búr (Swedish bur).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bu?r/

Noun

b?r m

1. private chamber, room

Descendants

• Middle English: bour, boure
  • English: bower
  • Scots: bour

Old Frisian

Noun

b?r m

1. a peasant, farmer

Inflection

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *b?raz, whence also Old English b?r, Old Norse búr.

Noun

b?r m

1. peasant
2. quarters

Declension

Descendants

• Middle High German: b?r
  • German: Bauer (“birdcage”)

Old Saxon

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *b?raz, whence also Old English b?r, Old Norse búr.

Noun

b?r m

1. neighbour
2. inhabitant

Descendants

• Low German: Buer, Boer

Etymology 2

Same as the masculine noun.

Noun

b?r n

1. dwelling

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse búr, from Proto-Germanic *b?raz.

Noun

bur m

1. dwelling, residence
2. storehouse
3. room, chamber
4. cage

Declension

Descendants

• Swedish: bur

Portuguese

Noun

bur m, f (plural bures)

1. Archaic form of bóer.

Romagnol

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *burius, compare Italian buio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bu?r/

Noun

bur m

1. darkness (lack of light)
   • December 2007, Nevio Spadoni, Guido Bianchi, Urazion in la Ludla, il Papiro, page 9:

     Te, che t’vid / la luš int e’ mi bur, […]

     You, who sees / the light in my darkness, […]

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish b?r, from Old Norse búr, from Proto-Germanic *b?raz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??r/
• Rhymes: -??r

Noun

bur c

1. a cage
2. (slang) a prison, a jail, an arrest

   att sitta i buren

   to be imprisoned

Declension

Veps

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ?????? (búryj).

Adjective

bur

1. brown

Inflection

Noun

bur

1. brown

Inflection

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007) , “?????”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovar? [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /b??r/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /bi?r/

Adjective

bur

1. Soft mutation of pur.

Mutation

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse búr, from Proto-Germanic *b?raz.

Noun

bur n

1. (hunting) cage for catching birds
2. hovel

Derived terms

• fåtabeor
• stabur