bower

(Engels)

Noun

1. A bedroom or private apartments, especially for a woman in a medieval castle.
2. (literary) A dwelling; a picturesque country cottage, especially one that is used as a retreat.
3. A shady, leafy shelter or recess in a garden or woods.
4. A large structure made of grass, twigs, etc., and decorated with bright objects, used by male bower birds during courtship displays.

Verb

1. To embower; to enclose.
2. (obsolete) To lodge.

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: bour

Geërf van Old English: būr

Verwante met Saterfriesisch: Búur

Verwante met Duits: Bauer

Verwante met Old Norse: búr

Verwante met Deens: bur

Verwante met Boeknoors: bur

Verwante met Sweeds: bur

Geërf van Middle English: boueer

Verwante met Nederlands: boer

Verwante met Albanees: burrë

In summary

From Middle English bour, from Old English būr, from Proto-West Germanic *būr, from Proto-Germanic *būrą (“room, abode”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Búur (“storage room, utility room; cage”), German Bauer (“birdcage”), Old Norse búr (“cage”) (Danish bur, Norwegian Bokmål bur, Swedish bur).

Sinonieme

arbour

arbor

pergola

boudoir

embower

cottage

chamber

thicket

grove

trellis

square gazebo

shade of tree

bow-maker

bower anchor

booth

dinner party

jollification

meeting

party

🥳

soiree

summerhouse

summer house

Vertalings

Laube

prieel

tonnelle

κληματαριά

pergola

enramada

glorieta

emparrado

pergolato

πέργολα

altana

gloreita

Gartenlaube

Altan

emparrat