bu rとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From 中期英語 burre, of unknown origin but probably from North Germanic (Scandinavian) source or from 古期英語 byrst (“bristle”). See also burr. Compare English bristle, Danish burre (“bur, burdock”), Norwegian borre, Swedish borre, and Old Norse burst (“bristle”).

発音

• (米国発音) IPA: /bɝ/
• (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA: /bɜː/
• (Scotland) IPA: /bʌr/
• (New Zealand) IPA: /bøː/
• (Liverpool, fair–fur merger) IPA: /beː/
• (Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger) IPA: /bɛː/
• 韻: -ɜː(ɹ)
• 異形同音異義語: burr, Burr; birr (fern–fir–fur merger); bare, bear (both fair–fur merger)

名詞

bur (plural burs)

1. A rough, prickly husk around the seeds or fruit of some plants.
2. Any of several plants having such husks.
3. A rotary cutting implement having a selection of variously shaped heads.
4. Alternative form of burr (“small piece of material”).

派生語

参照

• “bur”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
• “bur”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “bur”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
• “bur”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
• “bur”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “burr”, in New Collegiate Dictionary‎, 2001
• “borre”, in Lingea‎, 2025
• “borre”, in Svenska Akademiens Ordbok‎, 2025

アナグラム

• RUB, bru, rub

発音

• IPA: /buːr/
• 韻: -ūr

名詞

būr n

1. private chamber, room
   • The Anglo-Saxon version of the story of Apollonius of Tyre

     Đā ġewearþ hit þæt þǣs mǣdenes fōstormōdor intō þām būre ēode, ⁊ ġesēah hī ðār sittan on miċelre ġedrefednesse, ⁊ hire cwæð tō, "Hwiġ eart þū hlæfdiġe swā ġedrefedes mōdes?"

     It happened that the girl's foster mother came into the room and saw her sitting full of confusion, and said to her "Lady, why are you so troubled of mind?."

語形変化

Strong a-stem:

派生した語

• Middle English: bour, boure, bowre, bowur, bur (Early Middle English)
  • English: bower
  • Scots: bour

語源

From 古期英語 burh (“fortified place”).

接頭辞

bur-

1. Placename prefix, indicated site of a fortified place.

派生語

関連する語

• -borough
• -burgh
• -burg
• -bury

参照

• “bur-”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

アナグラム

• RUB, bru, rub