aur

See also:Aurandaur-

Catalan

Noun

aurm(pluralaurs)

1. (archaic)Alternative form ofor

Further reading

• “aur”inDiccionari català-valencià-balear,Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Estonian

Etymology

FromProto-Finnic*audër,possibly of Baltic origin (compareLithuanianšiaurė(“north”)). Cognate toFinnishauer(“haze”).

Noun

aur(genitiveauru,partitiveauru)

1. steam

Inflection

Declension ofaur(ÕS type22e/riik,length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		aur	aurud
accusative	nom.
	gen.	auru
genitive			aurude
partitive		auru	aure aurusid
illative		auru aurusse	aurudesse auresse
inessive		aurus	aurudes aures
elative		aurust	aurudest aurest
allative		aurule	aurudele aurele
adessive		aurul	aurudel aurel
ablative		aurult	aurudelt aurelt
translative		auruks	aurudeks aureks
terminative		auruni	aurudeni
essive		auruna	aurudena
abessive		auruta	aurudeta
comitative		auruga	aurudega

Friulian

Etymology

FromLatinaurum.CompareRomanschaur,Venetianoro,Italianoro,Dalmatianjaur,Romanianaur,Frenchor.

Noun

aurm

1. gold

Gutnish

Etymology

FromOld Norseaurr,fromProto-Germanic*auraz.

Noun

aurm

1. gravelbank,gravel,roughsand,drygravelsoil,pebblein fields

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/øyːr/
• Rhymes:-øyːr

Etymology 1

FromOld Norseaurr(“mud”),fromProto-Germanic*auraz.

Noun

aurm(genitive singularaurs,nominative pluralaurar)

1. mud,mire

Declension

declension of aur

m-s1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	aur	aurinn	aurar	aurarnir
accusative	aur	aurinn	aura	aurana
dative	auri/aur	aurnum	aurum	aurunum
genitive	aurs	aursins	aura	auranna

Etymology 2

Somehow fromOld Norseeyrir(“an ounce (of silver); money”).

Noun

aurm(genitive singularaurs,nominative pluralaurar)

1. (money)money

Declension

declension of aur

m-s1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	aur	aurinn	aurar	aurarnir
accusative	aur	aurinn	aura	aurana
dative	auri/aur	aurnum	aurum	aurunum
genitive	aurs	aursins	aura	auranna

Derived terms

• margur verður af aurum api

See also

• eyrir

Indonesian

Etymology

FromMalayaur,fromProto-Malayic*haur,fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*qauʀ,fromProto-Austronesian*qauʀ.

Noun

aur(first-person possessiveaurku,second-person possessiveaurmu,third-person possessiveaurnya)

1. bamboo

Synonyms

• bambu
• buluh

Malay

Aur

Etymology

FromProto-Malayic*haur,fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*qauʀ,fromProto-Austronesian*qauʀ.

First attested in theTalang Tuo inscription,684 AD, as Old Malay[script needed](hāur).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/aur/
• Rhymes:-aur,-ur
• (Johor-Riau)IPA^(key):[ä.ʊ(r) -o(r) -o̞(r)]

Noun

aur(Jawi spellingاءور,pluralaur-aur,informal 1st possessiveaurku,2nd possessiveaurmu,3rd possessiveaurnya)

1. bamboo

   Synonyms:bambu,buluh

Descendants

• Indonesian:aur

Further reading

• “aur”inPusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre,Kuala Lumpur:Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka,2017.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

FromOld Norseaurr,fromProto-Germanic*auraz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/æʉ̯r/,/œʉ̯r/

Noun

aurm(definite singularauren,uncountable)

1. (collective)amixbetweengravel,coarsesand

Derived terms

• aurbotn
• aure
• aurete
• aurfòr
• aurgolv
• aurhelle
• aurskie
• aurvelte

Related terms

• øyr

References

• “aur”inThe Nynorsk Dictionary.
• “aur”in Ivar Aasen (1873)Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring

Anagrams

• rau,rua,u-ar,U-ar,ura

Occitan

Etymology

FromOld Occitanaur,fromLatinaurum.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

aurm(uncountable)

1. gold(metal)

Old Norse

Noun

aurm

1. accusativesingularofaurr

Old Occitan

Etymology

FromLatinaurum.

Noun

aurm(oblique pluralaurs,nominative singularaurs,nominative pluralaur)

1. gold(metal)

Descendants

• Occitan:aur

References

• Walther von Wartburg(1928–2002) “aurum”, inFranzösisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch,volumes 25: Refonte Apaideutos–Azymus,page1019

Romanian

Chemical element
Au
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Next:mercur(Hg)

Etymology

InheritedfromLatinaurum,fromProto-Italic*auzom,fromProto-Indo-European*h₂é-h₂us-o-(“glow”),from*h₂ews-(“to dawn, become light, become red”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈa.ur/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

aurn(uncountable)

1. gold

Declension

declension of aur (singular only)

	singular
ngender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un)aur	aurul
genitive/dative	(unui)aur	aurului
vocative	aurule

Related terms

• auri
• aurar
• auriu
• auros

Romansch

Alternative forms

• or(Sutsilvan,Puter,Vallader)
• ôr(Surmiran)

Etymology

FromLatinaurum.

Noun

aurm

1. (Rumantsch Grischun,Sursilvan)gold

Scots

Etymology

FromOld Norseørr,fromProto-Germanic*arwaz.

Noun

aur

1. The mark left by a wound

Welsh

Chemical element
Au
Previous:platinwm(Pt)
Next:mercwri(Hg)

Talp o aur

Etymology

FromMiddle Welsheur,fromProto-Brythonic*ėür,fromVulgar LatinfromLatinaureus(“golden”,adjective).The vowelau(/aɨ̯/) must have undergone internal i-affection, showing that this word is derived from the adjectiveaureus,not the nounaurum,which gave the now archaic synonymawr(not to be confused withawr(“hour”)fromhōra).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales)IPA^(key):/aɨ̯r/
• (South Wales)IPA^(key):/ai̯r/

Noun

aurm(usuallyuncountable,pluraleurau)

1. gold

Adjective

aur(feminine singularaur,pluralaur,notcomparable)

1. golden(made of gold)
2. gold(in colour)
3. (figurative)golden

Related terms

• euraid(“golden”)
• euro(“to gild”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
aur	unchanged	unchanged	haur
Note:Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “aur”,inGeiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online(in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies