burdo

French bourdon

burdo (accusative singular burdon, plural burdoj, accusative plural burdojn)

1. bumble-bee

• burdus

Not natively Latin since an initial v would be expected; probably of Celtic origin, from Gaulish *burdus (“mule”), according to Whatmough, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷr̥dus, *gʷrd-o- (“slow, heavy, tired”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbur.doː/, [ˈbʊr.doː]

burdō m or f (genitive burdōnis); third declension

1. mule; hinny (offspring of a jackass and a mare or of a stallion and a jenny)

Third declension.

• burdōnicus
• burdōnārius
• burdunculus

• → Ancient Greek: βουρδών (bourdṓn)
  • → Classical Syriac: ܒܰܪܕܽܘܢܳܐ‎ (barḏūnā)
    • → Arabic: بِرْذَوْن‎ (birḏawn)
      • → Persian: برذون‎ (berzown),‎ بردون‎‎ (berdown)

• Adams, J. N. (1993), “The Generic Use of “Mula” and the Status and Employment of Female Mules in the Roman World”, in Rheinisches Museum für Philologie, volume 136, DOI:10.2307/41233885, pages 55–60
• Ernout, Alfred; Meillet, Antoine (2001), “burdo”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots (in French), with additions and corrections of André J., 4th edition, Paris: Klincksieck, page 78
• burdo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• burdo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• burdo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
• The Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies, Volume 29, Issue 2 (1981)
• Latin Notes, Volumes 1-6 (1923)

From Late Latin burdus (“bastard, mule”), probably of Celtic origin.

burdo

1. bastard
2. not original
3. not working properly

From Late Latin burdus (“bastard, mule”), probably of Celtic origin.

• IPA^(key): /ˈburdo/, [ˈburðo]

burdo (feminine singular burda, masculine plural burdos, feminine plural burdas)

1. coarse, rough
2. crude
3. rude, uncouth

• crudo
• rudo
• bruto

• “burdo” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.