"buccaneer" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌbʌkəˈnɪɚ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-buccaneer.wav Forms: buccaneers [plural], bucanier [alternative], buccanier [alternative]
Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ) Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Tupian *mo- Proto-Tupi-Guarani *mo- Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kaʔẽ Proto-Tupi-Guarani *mokaʔẽ Old Tupi moka'ẽbor. French boucan Latin -ārius Old French -ier Middle French -er French -ier French boucanierbor. English buccaneer From French boucanier, from boucaner (“to smoke or broil meat and fish, to hunt wild beasts for their skins”), from boucan (“(Tupi-style) grill”), from Old Tupi moka'ẽ, mboka'ẽ (“wooden grill”). By surface analysis, buccan + -eer. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|bor|fr>boucanier>buccaneer|id=pirate|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Tupian *mo- Proto-Tupi-Guarani *mo- Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kaʔẽ Proto-Tupi-Guarani *mokaʔẽ Old Tupi moka'ẽbor. French boucan Latin -ārius Old French -ier Middle French -er French -ier French boucanierbor. English buccaneer, {{bor|en|fr|boucanier}} French boucanier, {{der|en|tpw|moka'ẽ|moka'ẽ, mboka'ẽ|wooden grill}} Old Tupi moka'ẽ, mboka'ẽ (“wooden grill”), {{surf|en|buccan|-eer}} By surface analysis, buccan + -eer Head templates: {{en-noun}} buccaneer (plural buccaneers)
  1. (nautical) Any of a group of seamen who cruised on their own account on the Spanish Main and in the Pacific in the 17th century, who were similar to pirates but did not prey on ships of their own nation. Translations (a group of seamen): bukanýr [masculine] (Czech), kaper [masculine] (Dutch), boekanier [masculine] (Dutch), bukkaneeri (Finnish), merirosvo (Finnish), boucanier [masculine] (French), bucaniere [masculine] (Italian), kaper [masculine] (Polish), bukanier [masculine] (Polish), korsarz (Polish), buckanjär [common-gender] (Swedish)
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  2. A pirate. Translations (pirate): πειρατής (peiratḗs) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), boekanier [masculine] (Dutch), piraat [masculine] (Dutch), marrabisto (Esperanto), בּוּקָנִיר (bukanir) [masculine] (Hebrew), pirato (Ido), bucaniere [masculine] (Italian), pirata [masculine] (Italian), corsaro [masculine] (Italian), bukanier [masculine] (Polish), pirat [masculine] (Polish), korsarz [masculine] (Polish), bucaneiro [masculine] (Portuguese), пират (pirat) [masculine] (Russian), buckanjär [common-gender] (Swedish), sjörövare [common-gender] (Swedish), pirat [common-gender] (Swedish), môr-ysbeiliwr [masculine] (Welsh), môr-ysbeilwyr [masculine, plural] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-buccaneer-en-noun-Hf2pMcEg Disambiguation of 'pirate': 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: privateer, pirate Derived forms: buccaneering, buccaneerish, buccaneerism

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˌbʌkəˈnɪɚ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-buccaneer.wav Forms: buccaneers [present, singular, third-person], buccaneering [participle, present], buccaneered [participle, past], buccaneered [past], bucanier [alternative], buccanier [alternative]
Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ) Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Tupian *mo- Proto-Tupi-Guarani *mo- Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kaʔẽ Proto-Tupi-Guarani *mokaʔẽ Old Tupi moka'ẽbor. French boucan Latin -ārius Old French -ier Middle French -er French -ier French boucanierbor. English buccaneer From French boucanier, from boucaner (“to smoke or broil meat and fish, to hunt wild beasts for their skins”), from boucan (“(Tupi-style) grill”), from Old Tupi moka'ẽ, mboka'ẽ (“wooden grill”). By surface analysis, buccan + -eer. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|bor|fr>boucanier>buccaneer|id=pirate|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Tupian *mo- Proto-Tupi-Guarani *mo- Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kaʔẽ Proto-Tupi-Guarani *mokaʔẽ Old Tupi moka'ẽbor. French boucan Latin -ārius Old French -ier Middle French -er French -ier French boucanierbor. English buccaneer, {{bor|en|fr|boucanier}} French boucanier, {{der|en|tpw|moka'ẽ|moka'ẽ, mboka'ẽ|wooden grill}} Old Tupi moka'ẽ, mboka'ẽ (“wooden grill”), {{surf|en|buccan|-eer}} By surface analysis, buccan + -eer Head templates: {{en-verb}} buccaneer (third-person singular simple present buccaneers, present participle buccaneering, simple past and past participle buccaneered)
  1. To engage in piracy against any but one's own nation's ships. Related terms: Jolly Roger, skull and crossbones
    Sense id: en-buccaneer-en-verb-S-FS1RqS

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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