bordon

== English == === Noun === bordon (plural bordons) Alternative spelling of bourdon (“pilgrim's staff”). == Esperanto == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbordon/ Rhymes: -ordon Syllabification: bor‧don === Noun === bordon accusative singular of bordo == Middle English == === Noun === bordon alternative form of burdoun (“pilgrim's staff”) == Northern Sami == === Pronunciation === (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈporːton/ === Verb === bordon first-person singular imperative of bordit == Old French == === Etymology === Uncertain; possibly onomatopoeic, dating as early as Late Latin burdo, burdonis (“kind of grasshopper”), possibly from Frankish *buʀdō (“beetle, insect”), from Proto-Germanic *buzdô (“beetle, grub", literally, "swelling”), from *būs- (“to erupt, burst, flow rapidly”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰūs- (“to move quickly”). === Noun === bordon oblique singular, m (oblique plural bordons, nominative singular bordons, nominative plural bordon) bumblebee a sort of musical instrument ==== Descendants ==== Middle French: bourdon French: bourdon → Galician: bordón → Middle English: burdoun, bordoun, burdon, burdowneEnglish: burden, bourdon→ Irish: burdún === References === Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “bordon”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC. “bordon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Tagalog == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish bordón, from Latin burdōnem. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /boɾˈdon/ [boɾˈd̪on̪] Rhymes: -on Syllabification: bor‧don === Noun === bordón (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜇ᜔ᜇᜓᜈ᜔) a large log wood used in making boats the largest string in a musical instrument === Further reading === “bordon”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025 “bordon”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018