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noun, masculine

buron

/by.ʁɔ̃/

noun, masculine/by.ʁɔ̃/plural: burons

a traditional Auvergne shepherd's hut with a thatched roof

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”).