"boer" meaning in Afrikaans

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Noun

IPA: /buːr/ Forms: boere [plural], boertjie [diminutive]
Etymology: From Dutch boer. Etymology templates: {{root|af|ine-pro|*bʰuH-}}, {{inh|af|nl|boer}} Dutch boer Head templates: {{head|af|noun|||plural|boere|||||diminutive|boertjie|||||||f2accel-form=p|f2request=1|f5accel-form=diminutive|head=}} boer (plural boere, diminutive boertjie), {{af-noun|boere|boertjie}} boer (plural boere, diminutive boertjie)
  1. A farmer; peasant.
    Sense id: en-boer-af-noun-grSax~F0
  2. (chess) A pawn; least valuable piece in chess. Categories (topical): Chess Synonyms: pion
    Sense id: en-boer-af-noun-a1eJ2teI Categories (other): Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header: 23 39 4 29 4 Topics: board-games, chess, games
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Boer
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /buːr/ Forms: boer [present], boerende [participle, present], geboer [participle, past]
Etymology: From Dutch boeren. Etymology templates: {{inh|af|nl|boeren}} Dutch boeren Head templates: {{af-verb}} boer (present boer, present participle boerende, past participle geboer)
  1. To farm.
    Sense id: en-boer-af-verb-5aW7vDMy
  2. To continuously encounter someone at a specific place
    Sense id: en-boer-af-verb-FijMqPnU
  3. To stay; to sojourn; to linger
    Sense id: en-boer-af-verb-OO5nEMgR
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for boer meaning in Afrikaans (3.4kB)

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