bour

See also: Bour

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English būr; more at bower.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbɔur/, /ˈbuːr/

Noun

bour (plural bours)

A chamber or a cottage.
- Geoffrey Chaucer, The Nun's Priest's Tale
  Ful sooty was hir bour, and eek hir halle,
  In which she eet ful many a sclendre meel.

Descendants

English: bower

Romanian

bour

Alternative forms

(archaic) buăr, buar, boar

Etymology

From Latin būbalus, from Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos, “antelope, wild ox”).

Noun

bour m (plural bouri)

aurochs (Bos primigenius)
wild bull
wisent (Bison bonasus)
the old emblem of Moldova (with the head of a wisent)

Declension

declension of bour

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) bour	bourul	(niște) bouri	bourii
genitive/dative	(unui) bour	bourului	(unor) bouri	bourilor
vocative	bourule		bourilor

Synonyms

(wisent): zimbru

See also

bou

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