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Definition: Burro |
BurroNoun1. Small donkey used as a pack animal. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "burro" was first used: 1800. (references) |
Etymology: Burro \Bur"ro\, noun. [Spanish expression, an ass.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Carrier | Ass, donkey, jackass, mule, hinny; sumpter horse, sumpter mule; burro, cuddy, ladino; reindeer; camel, dromedary, llama, elephant; carrier pigeon. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Burro |
| English words defined with "burro": burro deer ♦ pack animal ♦ sumpter. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Burro" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Italian (butter), Portuguese (ass, donkey, dull, fool, idiot, ignorance, jackass, molar, mule, Neddy, silly, stupid), Spanish (ass, burro, donkey, dunce, idiot, jackass, moke, sawbuck, sawhorse). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | El Miedo no anda en burro (1973) O Zé do Burro (1972) The Silver Burro (1963) En un burro tres baturros (1939) Don Key (A Son of Burro) (1926) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Lewiston Wild Horse and Burro Adoption Program AuctionWHB indoor auctionCottonwood Field OfficeUCSCUpper Columbia Salmon Clearwater District. Credit: Jerry Rohnert. |  | Horse Gentler Mario JohnsonLewiston Wild Horse and Burro Adoption Program AuctionWHB indoor auctionCottonwood Field OfficeUCSCUpper Columbia Salmon Clearwater District. Credit: Jerry Rohnert. |
 | Wild coltWild Horse and Burro Adoption ProgramLSRDLower Snake River District. Credit: Sam Mattise. |  | HorseWild Horse and Burro Adoptions ProgramOwyhee Field OfficeBoise CorralsLower Snake River DistrictLSRD. Credit: Jerry Rohnert. |
 | Bee Burro in a Chacoan Outlier community occupied during the A.D. 900 to 1100 time period. It is tied to Chaco Canyon by a prehistoric road. Credit: Unknown. |  | As publicity for Wild Horse and Burro program, adopted wild burros pull wagons on U.S. Highway 20. Credit: Mark Armstrong. |
 | California Wild Burro awaits adoption at Burns Wild Horse Corral. Credit: Mark Armstrong. |  | Two horses in corral at Wild Horse & Burro adoption. Credit: Snyder. |
 | Wild Horse & Burro adoption. Credit: Swinney. |  | Salt Lake Regional Wild Horse and Burro Center Butterfield Canyon. Credit: Kelly Rigby. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
Martial | You'll get no laurel crown for outrunning a burro. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| "Burro" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Burro" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 5 | 157,705 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "burro": burro deer. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "burro": burro-bushes. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "burro"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | gomar i vogël. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | حمار صغير, حمار (ass, donkey, jackass, loutish, stupid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | товарно магаренце. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | malý osel. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | baudet. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Packesel (drudge, pack mule, pack-ass, packhorse). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | όνοσ (ass, donkey), γάιδαροσ (ass, donkey, jackass). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | חמור (ass, austere, critical, donkey, drastic, grave, jackass, moke, serious, severe, stern, strict, stringent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szamár (asinine, ass, dickey, dicky, donkey, goosey, goosey-gander, jerusalem pony, moke, nincompoop, ninny), csacsi (ass, ass's foal, cuddy, dickey, dicky, geese, goose, jerusalem pony, moke, Neddy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | keledai (ass, donkey). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | asinello (ass foal, ass-colt, ass-foal, donkey foal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | urrobay burrico. (various references) ослик (Neddy). (various references) mali magarac. (various references) burro (ass, donkey, dunce, idiot, jackass, moke, sawbuck, sawhorse). (various references) packåsna (pack-ass). (various references) ослик. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Late Latin | 300-700 | burricus. (various references) |
| Spanish | 900-Modern | burrico. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "burro": burros, burrow, burrowed, burrower, burrowers, burrowing, burrows. (additional references) | |
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"Burro" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: baarrrp, bairro, Barbro, barrot, Bauru, bedro, bero, berra, birra, Birri, birrova, birru, boro, bororo, borra, borrio, borro, Bourri, Bror, brr, brrr, brur, buero, Bujra, Burao, burdo, bureo, Burhou, buri, Buriram, Burmola, buro, Buroa, Buroe, buror, burra, burran, burre, burri, burrl, Burroo, burrou, Buru, byrr, Murro, Sbarro, urro. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "burro" (pronounced ber"ō) |
| 3 | b er" ō | burrow. |
| 2 | -er" ō | furrow, thorough. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-o-r-r-u" | |
-1 letter: burr. | |
-2 letters: bro, brr, bur, orb, our, rob, rub, urb. | |
-3 letters: bo, or. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-o-r-r-u" | |
+1 letter: arbour, burros, burrow. | |
+2 letters: arbours, bordure, bourree, burrito, burrows, harbour. | |
+3 letters: arborous, arboured, bordures, bourrees, bourride, bourtree, brochure, broguery, burritos, burrowed, burrower, cribrous, grubworm, harbours, labourer, obscurer, obtruder, overburn, robuster, rubeolar, suborder, suborner, tabourer, troubler, trueborn, turbocar. | |
+4 letters: arboreous, arboretum, arbovirus, barbarous, bordereau, bourrides, bourtrees, brochures, brushwork, burladero, burrowers, burrowing, burrstone, currycomb, grubworms, harborful, harboured, labourers, nonrubber, obtruders, obturator, orbicular, overburns, overburnt, pourboire, rebounder, suborders, suborners, surfboard, tabourers, tambourer, troublers, turbocars, turboprop. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 75 72 72 6F |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... ..- .-. .-. --- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01110101 01110010 01110010 01101111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B u r r o |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0075 0072 0072 006F |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3687848481 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, الألبانية, الألباني, албанец, албански език, албански, albánský, Albanais, albaner, αλβανικόσ, Αλβανός, αλβανόσ, albán, albanese, albanês, албанский, albanski, albanac, albanés, alban, албанський, албанка, албанець |
Arabic | معجم, قاموس, الوضوحية في الشيء, حد, تحديد, تعريف, التحديد, الإيضاحية, ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ترجمة, إفتتان | arabishte, العربية, عربي, اللغة العربية, арабски език, арабски, arabský, arabština, arabe, arabisch, αραβικόσ, ערבית, ערבי, arab, arabo, арабский, arapski, árabe, arabisk, арабська мова, арабський |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | bulgr, البلغارية, بلغاري, български, български език, българин, bulharský, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bolgár, bulgaro, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, болгарський |
Czech | slovník, definice, překlad | çek, تشيكي, اللغة التشيكوسلوفاكية, التشيكي أحد أبناء تشيكوسلوفاكيا, чешки, èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, tchèque, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, Τσέχος, cseh, ceco, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, tjeck, чех, чеська мова, чеський, чешка |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | frëngjishte, frëng, franceze, اللغة الفرنسية, فرنسي, الشعب الفرنسي, френски език, френски, francouzský, francouzština, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, צרפתית, צרפתי, francia, francese, francês, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, fransk, franska, французька мова, французький |
German | wörterbuch, Übersetzung | gjerman, ضرب من الرقص, جرماني, الماني, اللغة الألمانية, المانية, германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, nìmec, nìmecký, allemand, deutsch, Deutsche, "ερμανός, 'רמ ית, 'רמ י, német, tedesco, alemão, немецкий, germanski, alemán, tysk, німкеня, німецький, німець |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | يوناني, اللغة اليونانية, الإغريقي, гръцки език, гръцки, грък, řek, řecký, řeètina, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, יו ית, יו י, görög, greco, grego, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, griego, grek, грецький, гречанка, грецька мова |
Hebrew | אוצר מילים, "'"ר", "'בל", תור'מ ות, תר'ום, "עתק", "עתק | hebraishte, اليهودية, اللغة العبرية, يهودي, عبري, العبرية, иврит, староеврейски език, древен жител на юдея, юдейски, израилтянин, евреин, староеврейски, юдей, hebrejský, hebrejec, hebrejka, hebrejština, hébreu, hebräisch, Hebräer, εβραϊκόσ, εβραϊκά, εβραίοσ, עברי, עברית, zsidó, héber, izraelita, ebreo, ebraico, hebreu, hebraico, еврей, древнееврейский язык, древнееврейский, еврейский, hibru, hebreo, jude, hebreiska, hebreisk, іудей, іврит, старо"врейська мова, старо"врейський, "врейський, "врей |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | مجري, المجري, الهنغاري, هنغاري, اللغة الهنغارية, унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, maïarský, maïarština, maïar, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, "ו 'רי, magyar, ungherese, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ungrare, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець |
Indonesian | indonezian, الماليزي أحد أبناء ماليزيا, اللغة الأندونيسية, индонезийски език, индонезийски, indonéština, indonéský, indonésan, indonésien, Indonesier, Ινδονήσιος, indonéz, indonesiano, indonésio, indonésia, индонезийский, индонезиец, indonezijski, indonežanin, indonesio, індонезі"ць, індонезійська мова, індонезійський, індонезійка | |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | الإيطالي, اللغة الإيطالية, إيطالي, شخص إيطالي, италиански език, италиански, италианец, italský, italština, ital, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, איטלקית, איטלקי, olasz, italiano, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, italiensk, italienska, italienare, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugez, portugalisht, اللغة البرتغالية, البرتغالية, البرتغالي, португалски, португалски език, португалец, portugalský, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, portoghese, português, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portugis, португальський, португальська мова, португалець |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | روسي, اللغة الروسية, الروسية, руски език, руски, руснак, ruština, ruský, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, רוסי, orosz, russo, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | serbokroatisch, servo-croata, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | spanjoll, اللغة الأسبانية, الأسبانية, أسباني, испански език, испански, španìlský, španìlština, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, ספר"ית, ספר"י, spanyol, spagnolo, espanhol, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk, іспанський, іспанська мова |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, definition, översättning | suedez, اللغة السويدية, шведски, шведски език, швед, švédský, švédština, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, svedese, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, шведська мова, шведський |
Ukranian | словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення | |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, الإنجليزية, الأنكليزي, إنكليزي, ترجمة إنكليزية, اللغة الإنكليزية, английски език, английски, англичаните, anglicky, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, א 'לית, angol, inglese, inglês, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk, англійський, англійці, англійська мова |
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