burle

See also: burlé

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French burle.

Noun

burle

  1. (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

    Ultimately from Latin boreas.

    Noun

    burle f (plural burles)

    1. wind from the north blowing on the French Central Massif
      Coordinate terms: mistral, tramontane

    Verb

    burle

    1. inflection of burler:
      1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
      2. 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)

      1. (archaic) joke, jeer

      Galician

      Verb

      burle

      1. inflection of burlar:
        1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
        2. third-person singular imperative

      Italian

      Noun

      burle f

      1. plural of burla

      Anagrams

      Portuguese

      Verb

      burle

      1. inflection of burlar:
        1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
        2. third-person singular imperative

      Spanish

      Verb

      burle

      1. inflection of burlar:
        1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
        2. third-person singular imperative