boro

boro

1. (Jamaica) borrow

boro (plural boros)

1. (US) Alternative spelling of borough.

• -boro

• OBOR, boor, broo, robo, robo-

• IPA^(key): /boro/

boro

1. pig

Chemical element
B
Previous: berilio (Be)
Next: karbono (C)

• IPA^(key): /boɾo/ [bo.ɾo]

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• Rhymes: -oɾo, -o
• Hyphenation: bo‧ro

boro inan

1. boron

• “boro”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “boro”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

From Proto-Mongolic *böxere, from Proto-Turkic *bögür.

Compare Mongolian бөөр (böör), Turkish böbrek.

boro

1. kidney

From Proto-Mongolic *bora, from Proto-Turkic *boŕ.

Compare Mongolian бор (bor), Turkish boz.

boro

1. grey
2. dark

Perhaps the same as the second etymology.

boro

1. heathen

Chemical element
B
Previous: berilio (Be)
Next: karbono (C)

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• IPA^(key): /ˈboro/
• Rhymes: -oro
• Hyphenation: bo‧ro

boro (uncountable, accusative boron)

1. boron

Cognate with Hawaiian pōpolo and Tongan polo (“deadly nightshade, Solanum nigrum”), Tuvaluan 'opolo (“capsicum”), Maori poroporo (“Solanum aviculare”).

boro

1. Generic term for any Solanum plant.

• boro dina, Solanum uporo
• boro gaga, Capsicum frutescens

• “Polo”, in Te Māra Reo: The Language Garden‎^[1], Benton Family Trust, 2022
• Gatty, Ronald (2009) “boro”, in Fijian-English Dictionary, Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN, page 26

boro

1. alternative spelling of bôrô (“enough”)

boro m (uncountable)

1. boron

Chemical element
B
Previous: berillio (Be)
Next: carbonio (C)

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ.ro/
• Rhymes: -ɔro
• Hyphenation: bò‧ro

Internationalism, first attested as French bore, and later English boron. Ultimately akin to Italian borace (“borax”).

boro m (uncountable)

1. (chemistry) boron

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boro m (plural bori)

1. (Romanesco, colloquial) chav (a youngster usually perceived as having poor education and wearing expensive clothing)

   Coordinate terms: pariolino, burino, coatto

• orbo, orbò

• IPA^(key): [ˈboːro]

boro

1. gebang palm

• Allahverdi Verdizade (2019) “boro”, in Lamboya word list‎^[2], Leiden: LexiRumah

From Proto-Austronesian *beRek.

boro

1. pig

bòro f

1. definite singular of bòru

Chemical element
B
Previous: berílio (Be)
Next: carbono (C)

• Hyphenation: bo‧ro

boro m (plural boros)

1. (chemistry, uncountable) boron
2. an atom of boron

boro

1. large

Chemical element
B
Previous: berilio (Be)
Next: carbono (C)

From bórax, influenced by similar formations in other European languages (compare English boron, French bore).

• IPA^(key): /ˈboɾo/ [ˈbo.ɾo]

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• Rhymes: -oɾo
• Syllabification: bo‧ro

boro m (uncountable)

1. boron

• boro on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

• “boro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

From English bore (“to make a hole”).

• IPA^(key): /boɾo/, [bʊ̞ɾʊ̞], [bɔ̝ɾɔ̝]

boro

1. to bore
2. to cut in line
3. to intrude (on a party) uninvited

boro

1. drill (instrument)
2. bore
3. hole, leak

boro

1. having holes, leaky
2. (of a guest) uninvited

Borrowed from Spanish boro.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈboɾo/ [ˈboː.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -oɾo
• Syllabification: bo‧ro

boro (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜇᜓ)

1. (chemistry) boron

From Proto-Oceanic *bʷose.

• IPA^(key): /ᵐboro/

boro

1. parrotfish (Scaridae spp.)

• François, Alexandre. 2021. Teanu dictionary (Solomon Islands). Dictionaria 15. 1-1877. DOI:10.5281/zenodo.5653063. – entry boro.
• François, Alexandre. 2021. Online Teanu–English dictionary, with equivalents in Lovono and Tanema. Electronic files. Paris: CNRS. – entry boro.
• Lackey, W.J.. & Boerger, B.H. (2021) “Reexamining the Phonological History of Oceanic's Temotu subgroup”, in Oceanic Linguistics.

From Proto-North Halmahera *boro (“egg”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈbo.ɾo]

boro (Jawi بورو)

1. an egg

• Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

boro m (plural bori)

1. boron