different between pachyderm vs boar

English

Etymology

From French pachyderme, equivalent to pachy- (“thick”) +? -derm (“skin”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?pæk.??d??(?)m/

Noun

pachyderm (plural pachyderms)

1. (obsolete, zoology) A member of the obsolete taxonomic order Pachydermata, grouping of thick-skinned, hoofed animals such as the rhinoceros, hippopotamus, elephant, pig and horse.
2. (informal) An elephant
3. (idiomatic) A person with thick skin; someone who is not affected by or does not care what others say about him or her.
4. (idiomatic) Someone who is insensitive.

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English bor, boor, from Old English b?r, from Proto-Germanic *bairaz.

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: bôr, IPA^(key): /b??/
• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: bô, IPA^(key): /b??/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: b?r, IPA^(key): /bo(?)?/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /bo?/
• Rhymes: -??(?)
• Homophones: bore, Bohr, boor (accents with the pour–poor merger)

Noun

boar (plural boars or boar)

1. A wild boar (Sus scrofa), the wild ancestor of the domesticated pig.
2. A male pig.
3. A male boar (sense 1).
4. A male bear.
5. A male guinea pig.

Coordinate terms

• sow

Derived terms

• boar-spear
• herd boar

Translations

See also

• hog
• pig
• swine

Anagrams

• Abor, Baro, Bora, baro-, bora, bora-, broa

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Dutch boer

Noun

boar m (definite singular boaren, indefinite plural boarar, definite plural boarane)

1. (historical) a Boer

Related terms

• afrikandar

See also

• boer (Bokmål)

References

• “boar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Alternative forms

• bouar

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin, Late Latin bov?rius or bo?rius (“cow herder”), from Latin bov?rius, bo?rius (“of cattle”), from b?s. Equivalent to bou +? -ar. Compare Aromanian buyear, French bouvier, Italian boaro, Portuguese boieiro, Spanish boyero.

Noun

boar m (plural boari)

1. cowherd

Related terms

• bou

See also

• v?car

West Frisian

Etymology

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

Noun

boar c (plural boaren, diminutive boarke)

1. drill, bore

Further reading

• “boar”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Yola

Etymology

Uncertain. Maybe from Middle English bor.

Noun

boar

1. hedgehog

References

• Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN