buron

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noun

A traditional Auvergne shepherd's hut with a thatched roof, or a rustic mountain chalet in the same style.

OriginFrench buron ← Middle French buron ← Old French buiron →
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Meanings

nounburon (plural burons)

plural burons

  1. often italicizedA traditional Auvergne shepherd's hut with a thatched roof, or a rustic mountain chalet in the same style.

    According to Jaques, too, most of the tourists at the buron were French people with 'farming roots'

    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

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰuH-“to be, become, live, dwell”
  2. Proto-Germanic*būraz“room, chamber, dwelling”
  3. Frankish*būr“dwelling, residence”
  4. Old Frenchbuiron“cabin, hut”
  5. Middle Frenchburon
  6. Frenchburon
  7. Englishburon

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.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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