buron

Noun

buron (plural burons)

1. (often italicized) A traditional Auvergne shepherd's hut with a thatched roof, or a rustic mountain chalet in the same style
   • 1996, Simone A. Abram, “Reactions to Tourism: A View from the Deep Green Heart of France”, in Jeremy Boissevain, editor, Coping with Tourists‎, →ISBN, page 194:

     According to Jaques, too, most of the tourists at the buron were French people with 'farming roots'

Anagrams

• Bornu, Bourn, Bruno, bourn

Alternative forms

• vrujon

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bhrē̆u- 'wellspring', ultimately from *bʰer-, *bʰrē- (“to bear”). Compare Old High German brunno (“wellspring”), burjan (“to push up, raise”), Old English byrian (“to come up, occur”).

Verb

buron (first-person singular past tense buroj, participle buruar)

1. to spring, gush, flow

Noun

buron m (plural burons)

1. A traditional Auvergne shepherd's hut with a thatched roof

Further reading

• “buron” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• Bruno