butor

From Vulgar Latin *butitaurus, from Latin būtiō (“bittern”) + taurus (“bull”), apparently because of its call.

• IPA^(key): /by.tɔʁ/

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butor m (plural butors)

1. bittern (bird of the family Ardeidae)
2. boor, oaf

• → Catalan: butor

• “butor”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From Old French butor (“bittern”), from Vulgar Latin *butitaurus, from Latin būtiō (“bittern”) + taurus (“bull”).

butor m (plural butors)

1. (Jersey) stupid person

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butor oblique singular, m (oblique plural butors, nominative singular butors, nominative plural butor)

1. bittern (bird)