burle
See also: burlé
English
Etymology
Noun
burle
- (rare) A cold north wind that blows in the winter in south-central France.
- Coordinate terms: mistral, tramontana
- 2011 April 15, Heather Munn, Lydia Munn, How Huge the Night, Kregel Publications, →ISBN, page 8:
- […] wind cutting through your clothes : the burle, a wind so harsh it had a name. That was Tanieux to him: a winter town, a cold, stone village huddled on its hillside, Grandpa's kitchen its one welcoming place.
- 2002, John M. Merriman, The Stones of Balazuc: A French Village in Time, W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, page 13:
- […] wind of good weather, it can chase away clouds but also intensify drought and heat. On the high plateau, the mistral can unleash in winter the burle, a swirling, blinding snowstorm propelled almost horizontally.
French
Etymology 1
Noun
burle f (plural burles)
- wind from the north blowing on the French Central Massif
- Coordinate terms: mistral, tramontane
Related terms
Verb
burle
- inflection of burler:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Etymology 2
Ultimately from the same Latin roots as is Italian burla, either via the Italian or via another Romance cognate.
Noun
burle f (plural burles)
Related terms
Galician
Verb
burle
- inflection of burlar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Italian
Noun
burle f
- plural of burla
Anagrams
Portuguese
Verb
burle
- inflection of burlar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Spanish
Verb
burle
- inflection of burlar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative