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Definition: Burin |
BurinNoun1. A chisel of tempered steel with a sharp point; used for engraving. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Publishing & Graphic Arts | A steel graver or cutting tool with a lozenge-shaped point, used for engraving on metal. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Engraving | Graver, burin, etching point, style; plate, stone, wood block, negative; die, punch, stamp. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Burin |
| English words defined with "burin": Burinist ♦ Dry point ♦ Graver ♦ line engraving. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Burin" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (burin), German (boer), Serbo-Croatian (burin). |
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| "Burin" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Burin" is used about 4 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% | 4 | 175,879 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "burin" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Burin | Last name | 170 | 44,370 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
burin | 22 |
burin newfoundland | 5 |
burin peninsula | 4 |
board burin peninsula school | 4 |
burin canada | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "burin"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | المنقاش أداة. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | щихел (graver), гравьорски резец. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | náèiní rytce. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | gravstikke (etcher's needle, graver), gravestikke, gravernål (etcher's needle, graver). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | naald (needle, pin), graveerstift (etcher's needle, graver), etsnaald (stylus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | burin. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | stichel (gouge). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κοπίδι (chisel, cutter), γλυφή χαράκτου. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | vésõ (adze, chisel). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | bulino (chisel, cold chisel, etcher's needle, graver). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | urinbay buril (chisel, graver, puncheon). (various references) резец гравера. (various references) burin, igla za graviranje. (various references) buril (cold chisel, etcher's needle, graver). (various references) gravsticker. (various references) різець гравера. (various references) dao trổ (scalper), dao khắc (engraver). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | buru. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | caeli, caelique, caelis, caelo, caelorum, caelum, celita. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "burin": burins. (additional references) | |
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"Burin" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: barian, barin, Barni, barrin, Bauhin, beran, Berin, Beuren, Bhuird, birlinn, birmin, Birnin, boran, borim, borine, bruan, brucin, Bruhn, Bruijn, Bruijne, bruun, Bruyn, Bucin, Budin, budino, Buir, bujic, burana, buraq, burdin, buri, burian, Buric, buring, Burion, burit, burkian, Burkin, Burlin, burne, Buron, burran, burren, burri, burtini, Buryan, buyin, Euryn, ubring, urin. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "burin" (pronounced 'Bu"rin'): Aurin, Cerin, Chrysaurin, Convallarin, Morin, Muscarin, Onocerin, Polyperythrin, Quadrin, Uroerythrin, Warrin. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: bruin. | |
| Words within the letters "b-i-n-r-u" | |
-1 letter: brin, burn, ruin. | |
-2 letters: bin, bun, bur, nib, nub, rib, rin, rub, run, urb, urn. | |
-3 letters: bi, in, nu, un. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-i-n-r-u" | |
+1 letter: brucin, bruins, burins, burnie. | |
+2 letters: brucine, brucins, bruting, burking, burling, burnies, burning, burnish, burping, burring, burying, butyrin, curbing, inburst, nubbier, rubbing, rubying, suberin, subring, sunbird, tribune, turbine, unbraid. | |
+3 letters: abjuring, airbound, binaural, blurbing, blurring, blurting, bouncier, braunite, brucines, bruising, bruiting, brunizem, brushing, bullring, bunchier, burbling, burgling, burnings, bursting, butyrins, crumbing, curbings, drubbing, embruing, furibund, grubbing, imbruing, inbursts, incumber, inurbane, knubbier, manubria, moribund, nubblier, purblind, rebuking, rebuying, rubbings, rubbling, rubicund, ruinable, rumbaing, rumbling, snubbier, suberins, subrings, sunbirds, tribunal, tribunes, turbinal, turbines, umbering, unbitter, unbraids, unbridle, unbright, unburied, underbid, unlimber, unrobing, urbanise, urbanism, urbanist, urbanite, urbanity, urbanize, viburnum, windburn. | |
| 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 69 6E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... ..- .-. .. -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01110101 01110010 01101001 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B u r i n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0075 0072 0069 006E |
| 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)3687847580 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Arabic | معجم, قاموس, الوضوحية في الشيء, حد, تحديد, تعريف, التحديد, الإيضاحية, ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ترجمة, إفتتان | العربية, عربي, اللغة العربية, арабски език, арабски, arabský, arabština, arabe, arabisch, αραβικόσ, arab, arabo, арабский, arapski, árabe, arabisk, арабська мова, арабський, tiếng A-rập, thuộc A-rập |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | البلغارية, بلغاري, български, български език, българин, bulharský, bulgarer, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bolgár, bulgaro, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, болгарський, người Bun-ga-ri tiếng Bun-ga-ri |
Czech | slovník, definice, překlad | تشيكي, اللغة التشيكوسلوفاكية, التشيكي أحد أبناء تشيكوسلوفاكيا, чешки, èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, tjekker, tjekke, Tsjech, Tsjechisch, tchèque, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, Τσέχος, cseh, ceco, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, tjeck, чех, чеська мова, чеський, чешка, người Séc tiếng Séc |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | لغة الدانمركية, نوع كعك, دانماركي, датски език, датски, dánský, dánština, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, dán, danese, dinamarquês, датский, danski, danski jezik, danés, dansk, датський, датська мова, tiếng Đan-mạch |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | هولندي, اللغة الهولندية, холандски, немски език, холандски език, холандците, немски, holandský, nizozemský, hollandsk, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, holland, olandese, holandês, голландский, holanđanin, u škripcu, holandski, holandés, holländsk, голландська мова, голландський, ngôn ngữ khó hiểu, "b xã" |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | اللغة الفرنسية, فرنسي, الشعب الفرنسي, френски език, френски, francouzský, francouzština, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francia, francese, francês, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, fransk, franska, французька мова, французький |
German | wörterbuch, Übersetzung | ضرب من الرقص, جرماني, الماني, اللغة الألمانية, المانية, германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, nìmec, nìmecký, tysker, Duitse, allemand, deutsch, Deutsche, "ερμανός, német, tedesco, alemão, немецкий, germanski, alemán, tysk, німкеня, німецький, німець, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | يوناني, اللغة اليونانية, الإغريقي, гръцки език, гръцки, грък, řek, řecký, řeètina, græker, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, greco, grego, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, griego, grek, грецький, гречанка, грецька мова, quân bạc bịp tôi không thể hiểu được điều đó thật l kỳ phùng địch thủ, kẻ lừa đảo, kẻ cắp b gi gặp nhau, người Hy-lạp tiếng Hy-lạp kẻ bịp bợm |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | مجري, المجري, الهنغاري, هنغاري, اللغة الهنغارية, унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, maïarský, maïarština, maïar, ungarer, Hongaarse, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, magyar, ungherese, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ungrare, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець, người Hung-ga-ri tiếng Hung-ga-ri |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | الإيطالي, اللغة الإيطالية, إيطالي, شخص إيطالي, италиански език, италиански, италианец, italský, italština, ital, italiener, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, olasz, italiano, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, italiensk, italienska, italienare, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | اللغة البرتغالية, البرتغالية, البرتغالي, португалски, португалски език, португалец, portugalský, portugiser, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, portoghese, português, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portugis, португальський, португальська мова, португалець, người B"-đ o-nha tiếng B"-đ o-nha |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | روسي, اللغة الروسية, الروسية, руски език, руски, руснак, ruština, ruský, russer, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, orosz, russo, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський, người Nga tiếng Nga |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | serbokroatisch, servo-croata, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | اللغة الأسبانية, الأسبانية, أسباني, испански език, испански, španìlský, španìlština, Spaans, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spanyol, spagnolo, espanhol, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk, іспанський, іспанська мова |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, definition, översättning | اللغة السويدية, шведски, шведски език, швед, švédský, švédština, Zweeds, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, svedese, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, шведська мова, шведський, người Thuỵ điển tiếng Thuỵ điển |
Ukranian | словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення | |
Vietnamese | có tính chất sách vở, sự định rõ, sự định nghĩa, lời định nghĩa sự định, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thích | виетнамски език, виетнамски, vietnamec, vietnamský, vietnamka, vietnamština, vietnameser, vietnamien, vietnamesin, vietnamesisch, vietnamese, 'ιετναμέζος, vietnami, vietnámi, vietnamita, вьетнамский, vijetnamski jezik, vijetnamski, vijetnamac, vietnames, в'"тнамець, в'"тнамський, người Việt nam tiếng Việt |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | الإنجليزية, الأنكليزي, إنكليزي, ترجمة إنكليزية, اللغة الإنكليزية, английски език, английски, англичаните, anglicky, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, inglese, inglês, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk, англійський, англійці, англійська мова |
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