boor
English
/bʊə/, /bɔː/, /bʊɹ/, /bɔɹ/
noun
Definitions
- A peasant.
- A Boer, white South African of Dutch or Huguenot descent.
- A yokel, country bumpkin.
- An uncultured person.
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch, Flemish boer (farmer, peasant, burp, merchant) derived from Proto-Germanic *būraz (dweller, inhabitant, room, abode, dwelling).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*būraz
Gloss
dweller, inhabitant, room, abode, dwelling
Concept
Semantic Field
The house
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
室, 房
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- boorish English
- boorishly English
- boorishness English
- burel English
- burlap English
- lap English
- unboorish English
- -büren German
- Bure German
- Boeren Dutch, Flemish
- boer Dutch, Flemish
- boeren Dutch, Flemish
- boerenbedrieger Dutch, Flemish
- boerenbedrog Dutch, Flemish
- boerendeur Dutch, Flemish
- boerenjongen Dutch, Flemish
- boerenkaas Dutch, Flemish
- boerenknecht Dutch, Flemish
- boerenkool Dutch, Flemish
- boerenland Dutch, Flemish
- boerenleven Dutch, Flemish
- boerenlul Dutch, Flemish
- boerenmeid Dutch, Flemish
- boerenomelet Dutch, Flemish
- boerenplaats Dutch, Flemish
- boerenpummel Dutch, Flemish
- boerenslimheid Dutch, Flemish
- boerenstand Dutch, Flemish
- boerenstiel Dutch, Flemish
- boerenzoon Dutch, Flemish
- boerenzwaluw Dutch, Flemish
- boerin Dutch, Flemish
- bulleboer Dutch, Flemish
- herenboer Dutch, Flemish
- kippenboer Dutch, Flemish
- kolenboer Dutch, Flemish
- melkboer Dutch, Flemish
- suikerboer Dutch, Flemish
- veeboer Dutch, Flemish
- visboer Dutch, Flemish
- wijnboer Dutch, Flemish
- *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European
- boer Norwegian Bokmål
- *būraz Proto-Germanic
- boar Norwegian Nynorsk
- bur Old English
- būr Old English
- burel, borel Middle English
- búr Old Norse
- boer Danish
- bure Middle Dutch
- bur Old High German
- būr Old High German
- gibūr Old High German
- boer Afrikaans
- *gabūr gmw-pro
- *būr Old Dutch
- bûr Middle Low German
- *būr Old Saxon
- bur Old Saxon
- buru Sranan Tongo