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buron.

A traditional Auvergne shepherd's hut with a thatched roof, or a rustic mountain chalet in the same style.

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Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A traditional Auvergne shepherd's hut with a thatched roof, or a rustic mountain chalet in the same style.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from French buron, from Middle French buron, from Old French buiron (“cabin, hut”), from Frankish *būr (“dwelling, residence”), from Proto-Germanic *būraz (“room, chamber, dwelling”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to be, become, live, dwell”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Búur (“room, cage”), English bower, Swedish bur (“hutch, coop, cage”). Doublet of bower.

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