buron

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French buron, from Middle French buron, from Old French buiron (“cabin, hut”), from Frankish *būr (“dwelling, residence”), from Proto-Germanic *būraz (“room, chamber, dwelling”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to be, become, live, dwell”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Búur (“room, cage”), English bower, Swedish bur (“hutch, coop, cage”). Doublet of bower.

Noun

buron (plural burons)

  1. (often italicized) A traditional Auvergne shepherd's hut with a thatched roof, or a rustic mountain chalet in the same style.
    • 1996, Simone A. Abram, “Reactions to Tourism: A View from the Deep Green Heart of France”, in Jeremy Boissevain, editor, Coping with Tourists‎, →ISBN, page 194:
      According to Jaques, too, most of the tourists at the buron were French people with 'farming roots'

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Albanian

Alternative forms

  • vrujon

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bhrē̆u- (“wellspring”), ultimately from *bʰer-, *bʰrē- (“to bear”). Compare Old High German brunno (“wellspring”), burjan (“to push up, raise”), Old English byrian (“to come up, occur”).

Verb

buron (first-person singular past tense burova, participle buruar)

  1. (it) springs, gushs, flows

French

Etymology

From Middle French buron, from Old French buiron (“cabin, hut”), from Frankish *būr (“dwelling, residence”), from Proto-Germanic *būraz (“room, chamber, dwelling”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to be, become, live, dwell”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Búur (“room, cage”), English bower, Swedish bur (“hutch, coop, cage”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

buron m (plural burons)

  1. a traditional Auvergne shepherd's hut with a thatched roof

Further reading

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Indonesian

Etymology

Equivalent to buru +‎ -an, from Javanese ꦧꦸꦫꦺꦴꦤ꧀ (buron). Doublet of buruan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /burɔn/
  • Hyphenation: bu‧ron
  • Rhymes: -rɔn, -ɔn

Noun

buron (first-person possessive buronku, second-person possessive buronmu, third-person possessive buronnya)

  1. fugitive

Alternative forms

Derived terms

  • buronan
  • memburon

Further reading

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