aur
Estonian
Etymology
Possibly of Baltic origin. Compare Lithuanian šiaurė (“north”). Cognate to Finnish auer (“haze”).
Noun
aur (genitive auru, partitive auru)
Inflection
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | aur | aurud |
| genitive | auru | aurude |
| partitive | auru | aure / aurusid |
| illative | auru / aurusse | aurudesse |
| inessive | aurus | aurudes |
| elative | aurust | aurudest |
| allative | aurule | aurudele |
| adessive | aurul | aurudel |
| ablative | aurult | aurudelt |
| translative | auruks | aurudeks |
| terminative | auruni | aurudeni |
| essive | auruna | aurudena |
| abessive | auruta | aurudeta |
| comitative | auruga | aurudega |
Friulian
Etymology
From Latin aurum. Compare Romansh aur, Venetian oro, Italian oro, Dalmatian jaur, Romanian aur, French or.
Noun
aur m
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /øyːr/
- Rhymes: -øyːr
Noun
aur m (genitive singular aurs, nominative plural aurar)
Declension
Derived terms
See also
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay aur, from Proto-Malayic *haur, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qauʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *qauʀ.
Noun
aur
Synonyms
Malay
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *haur, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qauʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *qauʀ.
Pronunciation
- (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /ao(r)/
- (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /aʊ(r)/
- Rhymes: -ao(r), -o(r)
Noun
aur (Jawi spelling اءور, plural aur-aur)
Synonyms
Occitan
Etymology
From Old Occitan aur, from Latin aurum.
Noun
aur m (uncountable)
- gold (metal)
Old Occitan
Etymology
Adjective
aur m (oblique plural aurs, nominative singular aurs, nominative plural aur)
- gold (metal)
Descendants
References
- von Wartburg, Walther (1928-2002), “aurum”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 250, page 1019
Romanian
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| Au | Previous: platină (Pt) |
| Next: mercur (Hg) | |
Etymology
From Latin aurum, from Proto-Italic *auzom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂é-h₂us-o- (“glow”), from *h₂ews- (“to dawn, become light, become red”).
Noun
aur n (uncountable)
Declension
| singular | ||
|---|---|---|
| n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
| nominative/accusative | (un) aur | aurul |
| genitive/dative | (unui) aur | aurului |
| vocative | aurule | |
Related terms
Romansch
Alternative forms
Etymology
Noun
aur m
Welsh
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin aureus (“golden”, adjective). The vowel au (/aɨ̯/) must have undergone internal i-affection, showing that this word is derived from the adjective aureus, not the noun aurum, which gave the now archaic synonym awr (not to be confused with awr (“hour”) from hōra).
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /aɨ̯r/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ai̯r/
Noun
aur m (uncountable)