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English

Alternative forms

• lavra

Etymology

From the Late Latin laura, from Ancient Greek ????? (laúra, “lane, path”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?l???/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?l????/
• Rhymes: -??r?

Noun

laura (plural lauras or laurae)

1. (historical, Roman Catholic Church) A number of hermitages or cells in the same neighborhood occupied by anchorites who were under the same superior
   • 1864, Charles Kingsley, Lecture IX: The Monk a Civilizer, The Roman and the Teuton: A Series of Lectures Delivered Before the University of Cambridge, page 240,

     The solitaries of the Thebaid found that they became selfish wild beasts, or went mad, if they remained alone; and they formed themselves into lauras, 'lanes' of huts, convents, under a common abbot or father.

2. (historical, Eastern Orthodox Church) A cluster of cells or caves for hermits, with a church and sometimes a refectory at the centre.
   • 1966, E. C. Butler, Chapter XVIII: Monasticism, H. M. Gwatkin, J. P. Whitney (editors), The Cambridge Medieval History, Volume 1, page 529,

     There were the cenobia, or monasteries proper, where the life was according to the lines laid down by St Basil; and there were the lauras, wherein a semi-eremitical life was followed, the monks living in separate huts within the enclosure.

Anagrams

• aural

Basque

Adjective

laura

1. allative inanimate singular of lau

Noun

laura

1. allative singular of lau

Numeral

laura

1. allative singular of lau

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lo.?a/

Verb

laura

1. third-person singular past historic of laurer

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?lau?.ra/, [???äu??ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?lau?.ra/, [?l??u?r?]

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

laura f (genitive laurae); first declension

1. Egyptian rue (Ruta angustifolia)
   • (Can we find and add a quotation of Apuleius to this entry?)

Declension

First-declension noun.

References

• laura in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 894/1

Etymology 2

From the Ancient Greek ????? (laúra).

Noun

laura f (genitive laurae); first declension

1. (Late Latin) monastery, convent, laura

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

• ? English: laura

References

• laura in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• “Laura” on page 404 of Domenico Magri’s Hierolexicon, ?ive Sacrum Dictionarium (editio omnium recentissima, augmented by Stefano Sciugliaga, 1765)

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