boar

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word boar. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word boar, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say boar in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word boar you have here. The definition of the word boar will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofboar, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: Boar, boâr, bôar, bóar, and -boar

English

Sus scrofa (1)
English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Etymology

From Middle English bor, boor, from Old English bār, from Proto-West Germanic *bair.

Pronunciation

Noun

boar (plural boars or boar)

  1. A wild boar (Sus scrofa), the wild ancestor of the domesticated pig.
  2. A male pig.
  3. A male boar (sense 1).
  4. A male bear.
  5. A male guinea pig.

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

Translations

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

See also

Anagrams

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Dutch boer.

Noun

boar m (definite singular boaren, indefinite plural boarar, definite plural boarane)

  1. (historical) a Boer

Related terms

See also

References

Romanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin, Late Latin bovārius or boārius (cow herder), from Latin bovārius, boārius (of cattle), from bōs. Equivalent to bou +‎ -ar. Compare Aromanian buyear, French bouvier, Italian boaro, Portuguese boieiro, Spanish boyero.

Noun

boar m (plural boari)

  1. cowherd

Declension

Related terms

See also

West Frisian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

boar c (plural boaren, diminutive boarke)

  1. drill, bore

Further reading

  • boar”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English boor, from Old English bār, from Proto-West Germanic *bair.

Pronunciation

Noun

boar

  1. hedgehog

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 27