bittern

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbɪtən/
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• US: /ˈbɪtəɹn/
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• rhymes with -ɪtə(ɹ)n
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• homophone: Bitterne
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• homophone: bitten (non-rhotic)
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From Middle English bitour, botor, from Old French butor, from Gallo-Roman *butitaurus, a blend of Latin būtiō (“bittern”) and taurus (“bull, ox”).

From bitter with an unclear suffix, perhaps a dialect form of -ing.

58 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: ջրցուլ (ǰrcʻul) — bird of the subfamily Botaurinae
• Belarusian: буга́й (buháj) — bird of the subfamily Botaurinae
• Breton: bongorz — bird of the subfamily Botaurinae
• Bulgarian: голям воден бик (goljam voden bik) — bird of the subfamily Botaurinae
• Cornish: bonngors — bird of the subfamily Botaurinae
• Czech: bukač — bird of the subfamily Botaurinae
• Danish: rørdrum — bird of the subfamily Botaurinae
• Dhivehi: ރާބޮނދި (rābondi) — bird of the subfamily Botaurinae
• Dutch: roerdomp — bird of the subfamily Botaurinae
• Egyptian: k-A-p-w-A4-G37 (kꜣpw) — bird of the subfamily Botaurinae
• Esperanto: botaŭro — bird of the subfamily Botaurinae
• Finnish: kaulushaikara — bird of the subfamily Botaurinae
• Finnish: pikkuhaikara — bird of the subfamily Botaurinae
• Finnish: nokihaikara — bird of the subfamily Botaurinae
• French: butor — bird of the subfamily Botaurinae
• French: blongios — bird of the subfamily Botaurinae
• Galician: abetouro — bird of the subfamily Botaurinae
• German: Dommel — bird of the subfamily Botaurinae
• German: Rohrdommel — bird of the subfamily Botaurinae
• Greenlandic: qarluutitoornaq — bird of the subfamily Botaurinae
• Hungarian: bölömbika — bird of the subfamily Botaurinae
• Ido: butoro — bird of the subfamily Botaurinae
• Irish: bonnán — bird of the subfamily Botaurinae
• Italian: tarabuso — bird of the subfamily Botaurinae
• Japanese: 山家の五位 (sankanogoi) — bird of the subfamily Botaurinae
• Korean: 알락해오라기 (allakhae'oragi) — bird of the subfamily Botaurinae
• Latin: būtiō — bird of the subfamily Botaurinae
• Latvian: dumpis — bird of the subfamily Botaurinae
• Lithuanian: baublys — bird of the subfamily Botaurinae
• Low German: Rohrdump — bird of the subfamily Botaurinae
• Low German: Rohrdumm — bird of the subfamily Botaurinae
• Māori: kautuku — bird of the subfamily Botaurinae
• Māori: matuku — bird of the subfamily Botaurinae
• Old English: rāredumle — bird of the subfamily Botaurinae
• Persian: بوتیمار — bird of the subfamily Botaurinae
• Polish: bąk — bird of the subfamily Botaurinae
• Portuguese: abetouro — bird of the subfamily Botaurinae
• Romanian: bâtlan-de-stuf — bird of the subfamily Botaurinae
• Romanian: buhai-de-baltă — bird of the subfamily Botaurinae
• Romanian: bou-de-baltă — bird of the subfamily Botaurinae
• Russian: выпь (vypʹ) — bird of the subfamily Botaurinae
• Scottish Gaelic: corra-ghrian — bird of the subfamily Botaurinae
• Serbo-Croatian: букач — bird of the subfamily Botaurinae
• Serbo-Croatian: bukač — bird of the subfamily Botaurinae
• Spanish: avetoro — bird of the subfamily Botaurinae
• Spanish: avetorillo — bird of the subfamily Botaurinae
• Swedish: rördrom — bird of the subfamily Botaurinae
• Turkish: balaban kuşu — bird of the subfamily Botaurinae
• Turkish: balaban — bird of the subfamily Botaurinae
• Ukrainian: бугай (buhaj) — bird of the subfamily Botaurinae
• Volapük: botur — bird of the subfamily Botaurinae
• Welsh: adar y bwn — bird of the subfamily Botaurinae
• Welsh: bwm y gors — bird of the subfamily Botaurinae
• Chinese Mandarin: 鹽滷 /盐卤 (yánlǔ) — salt substance used in tofu
• Japanese: 苦汁 (nigari) — salt substance used in tofu
• Japanese: 滷汁 (nigari) — salt substance used in tofu
• Korean: 간수 (gansu) — salt substance used in tofu
• Polish: nigari — salt substance used in tofu