burdo

== Esperanto == === Etymology === From French bourdon. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈburdo/ Rhymes: -urdo Syllabification: bur‧do === Noun === burdo (accusative singular burdon, plural burdoj, accusative plural burdojn) bumble-bee === Further reading === “burdo”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN “burdo”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-present == Latin == === Alternative forms === burdus === Etymology === Not natively Latin since an initial v would be expected; probably of Celtic origin, from Gaulish *burdus (“mule”), according to Whatmough, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷr̥dus, *gʷrd-o- (“slow, heavy, tired”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈbʊr.doː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈbur.do] === Noun === burdō m or f (genitive burdōnis); third declension mule; hinny (offspring of a jackass and a mare or of a stallion and a jenny) ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== burdōnicus burdōnārius burdunculus ==== Descendants ==== → Ancient Greek: βουρδών (bourdṓn) → Classical Syriac: ܒܰܪܕܽܘܢܳܐ (barḏūnā) → Arabic: بِرْذَوْن (birḏawn) → Persian: برذون (berzown), بردون (berdown) === References === Adams, J. N. (1993), “The Generic Use of “Mula” and the Status and Employment of Female Mules in the Roman World”, in Rheinisches Museum für Philologie, volume 136, →DOI, pages 55–60 Ernout, Alfred; Meillet, Antoine (1985), “burdo”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 78 “burdo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "burdo", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “burdo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Roberts, Edward A. (2014), A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN The Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies, Volume 29, Issue 2 (1981) Latin Notes, Volumes 1-6 (1923) == Sardinian == === Alternative forms === burdu === Etymology === From Late Latin burdus (“bastard, mule”), probably of Celtic origin. === Noun === burdo bastard not original not working properly == Spanish == === Etymology === From Late Latin burdus (“bastard, mule”), probably of Celtic origin. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbuɾdo/ [ˈbuɾ.ð̞o] Rhymes: -uɾdo Syllabification: bur‧do === Adjective === burdo (feminine burda, masculine plural burdos, feminine plural burdas) coarse, rough crude Synonyms: crudo, rudo rude, uncouth Synonym: bruto === Further reading === “burdo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025