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• /ˈbaʊə(ɹ)/ variously
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From Middle English bour, from Old English būr, from Proto-West Germanic *būr, from Proto-Germanic *būrą (“room, abode”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Búur (“storage room, utility room; cage”), German Bauer (“birdcage”), Old Norse búr (“cage”) (Danish bur, Norwegian Bokmål bur, Swedish bur).

From Middle English boueer, from Old English būr, ġebūr (“freeholder of the lowest class, peasant, farmer”) and Middle Dutch bouwer (“farmer, builder, peasant”); both from Proto-West Germanic *būr, from Proto-Germanic *būraz (“dweller”), from or related to *būaną (“to dwell”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian Buur, böre, büür (“farmer”), Alemannic German pour, pur, Puur, pür (“farmer”), Dutch boer, bouwer (“farmer”), buur (“neighbour”), German and Luxembourgish Bauer (“farmer”), Low German Buer, Buur (“farmer”), Mòcheno pauer (“farmer”), Vilamovian pauer, pojer, poüer (“farmer”), Yiddish פּויער (poyer, “farmer”); also Albanian burr, burrë (“man; husband; brave male; lord”). Doublet of bauer, Boer, and boor. More at neighbour.

From German Bauer. A doublet of etymology 2 and of the German-origin surname Bauer.

From the bow of a ship + -er.

From bow (verb) + -er.

From bow (noun) + -er.

From bough + -er, compare brancher.

48 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: будоар (budoar) — a woman's bedroom or private apartments, especially in a medieval castle
• Chinese Mandarin: 閨房 /闺房 (guīfáng) — a woman's bedroom or private apartments, especially in a medieval castle
• Esperanto: buduaro — a woman's bedroom or private apartments, especially in a medieval castle
• Finnish: buduaari — a woman's bedroom or private apartments, especially in a medieval castle
• Finnish: budoaari — a woman's bedroom or private apartments, especially in a medieval castle
• French: boudoir — a woman's bedroom or private apartments, especially in a medieval castle
• German: Boudoir — a woman's bedroom or private apartments, especially in a medieval castle
• German: Frauengemach — a woman's bedroom or private apartments, especially in a medieval castle
• German: Kemenate — a woman's bedroom or private apartments, especially in a medieval castle
• Greek: μπουντουάρ (bountouár) — a woman's bedroom or private apartments, especially in a medieval castle
• Hungarian: budoár — a woman's bedroom or private apartments, especially in a medieval castle
• Macedonian: будоа́р (budoár) — a woman's bedroom or private apartments, especially in a medieval castle
• Middle English: bour — a woman's bedroom or private apartments, especially in a medieval castle
• Polish: buduar — a woman's bedroom or private apartments, especially in a medieval castle
• Polish: alkierz — a woman's bedroom or private apartments, especially in a medieval castle
• Russian: будуа́р (buduár) — a woman's bedroom or private apartments, especially in a medieval castle
• Spanish: tocador — a woman's bedroom or private apartments, especially in a medieval castle
• Spanish: camarín — a woman's bedroom or private apartments, especially in a medieval castle
• Swedish: budoar — a woman's bedroom or private apartments, especially in a medieval castle
• Ukrainian: будуа́р (buduár) — a woman's bedroom or private apartments, especially in a medieval castle
• Yiddish: בודואַר (buduar) — a woman's bedroom or private apartments, especially in a medieval castle
• German: Sommerhaus — (literary) A dwelling; a picturesque country cottage
• German: Landhaus — (literary) A dwelling; a picturesque country cottage
• German: Landhäuschen — (literary) A dwelling; a picturesque country cottage
• Hungarian: lak — (literary) A dwelling; a picturesque country cottage
• Middle English: bour — (literary) A dwelling; a picturesque country cottage
• Bulgarian: беседка (besedka) — a leafy shelter or recess in a garden or woods
• Czech: loubí — a leafy shelter or recess in a garden or woods
• Czech: besídka — a leafy shelter or recess in a garden or woods
• Czech: altánek — a leafy shelter or recess in a garden or woods
• Esperanto: laŭbo — a leafy shelter or recess in a garden or woods
• German: Gartenlaube — a leafy shelter or recess in a garden or woods
• German: Laube — a leafy shelter or recess in a garden or woods
• German: schattiges Plätzchen — a leafy shelter or recess in a garden or woods
• Greek: κληματαριά (klimatariá) — a leafy shelter or recess in a garden or woods
• Greek: αναδενδράδα (anadendráda) — a leafy shelter or recess in a garden or woods
• Hebrew: סֻכָּה (sukká) — a leafy shelter or recess in a garden or woods
• Irish: lúibín coille — a leafy shelter or recess in a garden or woods
• Central Kurdish: کەپر (kepir) — a leafy shelter or recess in a garden or woods
• Latin: trichila — a leafy shelter or recess in a garden or woods
• Latin: triclea — a leafy shelter or recess in a garden or woods
• Macedonian: се́ница (sénica) — a leafy shelter or recess in a garden or woods
• Turkish: kameriye — a leafy shelter or recess in a garden or woods
• Ukrainian: альта́нка (alʹtánka) — a leafy shelter or recess in a garden or woods
• Ukrainian: курі́нь (kurínʹ) — a leafy shelter or recess in a garden or woods
• Welsh: deildy — a leafy shelter or recess in a garden or woods
• Bulgarian: беседка (besedka) — (ornithology) A large structure made of grass and bright objects
• German: Laube — (ornithology) A large structure made of grass and bright objects