bourde
common nounverb
Syllable Decomposition
bourde(1180) related to the Occitan word borda ("lie"). appeared with the meaning of "tale fabricated to deceive someone's credulity", in the eighteenth century it took on the meaning of "serious mistake, blunder". of obscure origin; possibly related to the Latin gloss burdit glossed as γαυρι ́α (cgl t. 2, p. 31) of γαυρια ́ω ("to be proud"), linked by brüch to ψαι ́ρειν ("to make a noise"); burdit would have meant "he makes noise" then "he makes noise to draw attention to himself"; hence the verbal noun burda ("noise to draw attention, boastfulness"), to be linked to burda ("reed pipe") attested by Ausonius, probably onomatopoeic see bourdon "insect that buzzes". Deriving bourde from a contracted form of behorde, verbal noun of the Old French bourder, behourder, behorder ("to joust with a lance", "to play, jest") seems semantically difficult, as behort is only attested in the sense of "lance for jousting, joust"
Definitions
- marine
- marine
Synonym
barille
Plural
bourdes
Translations
english:blunder
swedish:fel