Masculine

butor

  1. (masculine) bittern (bird of the family Ardeidae)
  2. (masculine) boor, oaf

Pronounced as (IPA)
/by.tɔʁ/
Etymology

From Middle French butor, from Old French butor, from Vulgar Latin *butitaurus, from Latin būtiō (“bittern”) + taurus (“bull”), because of its deep booming call; compare also Middle Dutch watervar (“bittern”, literally “water bull”).

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