name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
burnet
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/ˈbɜː(ɹ)nɪt/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbɜːnɪt/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbɜːnət/
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General-American: /ˈbɚnɪt/
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General-American: /ˈbɚnət/
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name
Meaning 2
A city, the county seat of Burnet County, Texas, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
Any of the herbs of genus Sanguisorba (syn. Poterium), including salad burnet (Sanguisorba minor), an herb used in salads and herbal teas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
Meaning 4
Any of several species of moths of the family Zygaenidae, typically having black forewings with red spots.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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History
Etymology
From Middle English burnet, from Old French brunet, brunete (“brunette”). Doublet of brunette.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: динка (dinka) — herb
- Bulgarian: разваленка (razvalenka) — herb
- Finnish: luppio — herb
- French: pimprenelle — herb
- Italian: pimpinella — herb
- Italian: salvastrella — herb
- Italian: meloncello — herb
- Japanese: 吾木香 — herb
- Japanese: 吾亦紅 (waremokō) — herb
- Kazakh: сиырсілекей (siyrsılekei) — herb
- Middle English: burnet — herb
- Polish: krwiściąg — herb
- Russian: кровохлёбка (krovoxljóbka) — herb
Real reading context