burre

From Swedish borre, from or related to Old Norse burst (“bristle”). Related to barsk.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbuɐ̯ʌ]

burre c (singular definite burren, plural indefinite burrer)

1. burdock (Arctium)

• “burre” in Den Danske Ordbog

būrre

1. vocative masculine singular of būrrus

• buure (continental Normandy)
• beurre (Jersey)
• bür (Sark)

From Old French bure, from Latin būtȳrum, from Ancient Greek βούτῡρον (boútūron).

burre m (plural burres)

1. (Guernsey) butter
   • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore‎^[1], page 514:

     Qui mange la craïme ne rend pas du burre.

     He who eats his cream makes no butter.

Of imitative origin

burre

1. to purr (like a cat or a motor)

From Old French bure

burre

1. butter