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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

burnoose en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /bɝˈnus/ (General-American)
  • /bɜːˈnuːs/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From French burnous, from Arabic بُرْنُس (burnus).

Meanings

  1. A thick hooded cloak worn by Berbers and Arabs in Northwest Africa.
    • “I caught only a glimpse of an Arab in a dark-blue burnoose and white turban,” replied Tarzan. 1913 June–December, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Dancing Girl of Sidi Aissa”, in The Return of Tarzan, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, […], published March 1915, →OCLC, page 91:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
bournous alternative lexicographic
burnous alternative lexicographic
burnouse alternative lexicographic
burnooses Number=Plur lexicographic
bornous alternative lexicographic
bernouse alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

burnoosed

Translations (20)

arz برنص (a thick hooded cloak) · de Burnus (a thick hooded cloak) · es albornoz (a thick hooded cloak) · pt albornoz (a thick hooded cloak) · fr burnous (a thick hooded cloak) · ary برنوس (a thick hooded cloak) · eo burnuso (a thick hooded cloak) · ar بُرْنُس (a thick hooded cloak) · fi burnuusi (a thick hooded cloak) · am በርኖስ (a thick hooded cloak) · nl boernoes (a thick hooded cloak) · bg бурнус (a thick hooded cloak) · pl burnus (a thick hooded cloak) · ru бурну́с (a thick hooded cloak) · sh bùrnus (a thick hooded cloak) · sh бу̀рнус (a thick hooded cloak) · ary سلهام (a thick hooded cloak) · arz برنس (a thick hooded cloak) · hu burnusz (a thick hooded cloak) · rif aserham (a thick hooded cloak)