BOREEN

Meaning of BOREEN in English

Pronunciation: bo ̇ r- ' ē n

Function: noun

Etymology: Irish bóthrín, diminutive of bóthar road

Date: 1836

Irish : a narrow country lane

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

BOREEN — noun Etymology: Irish bóthrín, diminutive of bóthar road Date: 1836 a narrow country lane
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BOREEN — bōˈrēn noun ( -s ) Etymology: Irish Gaelic bōithrīn, diminutive of bōthar road, from Old Irish, probably from bō ox, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BOREEN — noun Etymology: Irish bóthrín, diminutive of bóthar road Date: 1836 Irish : a narrow country lane
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BOREEN — [ bɔ:'ri:n ] ■ noun Irish a narrow country road. Origin C19: from Ir. bóithrín , dimin. of bóthar 'road'.
Concise Oxford English vocab
BOREEN — [bo.reen] n [Ir bothrin, dim. of bothar road] (1836) Irish: a narrow country lane
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BOREEN — (n): narrow lane or road (ireland sleng)
Slang English vocab
BOHEREEN — or bohi·reen bōˈrēn, ˌbōəˈr- variant of boreen
Webster's New International English Dictionary

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