butoor

Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Dutch butoor, from Old French butor, from Vulgar Latin *butitaurus, from būtiō (“bittern”) + taurus (“bull”), because of its booming call; compare also Middle Dutch watervar (“bittern”, literally “water bull”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /byˈtoːr/
  • Rhymes: -oːr

Noun

butoor m (plural butoren, diminutive butoortje n)

  1. (obsolete) synonym of roerdomp (“Eurasian bittern”)

References

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