bourdon

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbʊədən/, /ˈbɔːdən/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbʊɹdən/, /ˈbɔɹdən/ === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Middle English burdoun (“accompaniment”), from Old French bordon, from Medieval Latin burdō, burdōnem (“drone”). The modern pronunciation and form (for *burdon) is influenced by modern French bourdon. ==== Noun ==== bourdon (plural bourdons) (music, archaic) The burden or bass of a melody. The drone pipe of a bagpipe. The lowest-pitched stop of an organ. The lowest-pitched bell of a carillon. A large, low-pitched bell not part of a diatonically tuned ring of bells. A bumblebee, genus Bombus. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Inherited from Middle English burdoun (“pilgrim's staff”), from Old French bordon, from Medieval Latin burdō, burdōnem (“pilgrim's staff”). The modern pronunciation and form is also influenced by modern French bourdon. ==== Alternative forms ==== bordon, burdon ==== Noun ==== bourdon (plural bourdons) (historical) Unadapted borrowing from French bourdon; a pilgrim's staff. === Anagrams === obround == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French bourdon (“honeybee, bumblebee”), from Old French bordon (“bumblebee, drone, beetle, insect”), from Medieval Latin burdō (c. C.E. 1000), first recorded in the Homilies of King Ælfric, glossed by Old English dora (“bumblebee”). Of uncertain origin. Possibly from Frankish *boʀdō, *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”), related to Old English budda (“beetle”), Middle Low German buddech (“thick, swollen”), Low German budde (“louse, grub”). See bug. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /buʁ.dɔ̃/ Rhymes: -ɔ̃ === Noun === bourdon m (plural bourdons) bumblebee (species of bee) (music) drone (figurative, colloquial) blues (feeling of sadness) Synonym: cafard A pilgrim's staff. bourdon (large, low-pitched bell) ==== Derived terms ==== avoir le bourdon faux-bourdon bourdonner bourdonnement === Further reading === “bourdon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Louisiana Creole == === Etymology === From French bourdon (“bee”). === Noun === bourdon bee, wasp === References === Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales == Middle English == === Noun === bourdon alternative form of burdoun (“pilgrim's staff”) == Norman == === Etymology === From Old French bordon (“bumblebee, drone, beetle, insect”), from Medieval Latin burdo. === Noun === bourdon m (plural bourdons) (Jersey) bumblebee ==== Synonyms ==== bourde ==== Derived terms ====