aura

See also: Aura, AURA, and aură

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aura (“a breeze, a breath of air, the air”), from Ancient Greek αὔρα (aúra, “breeze, soft wind”), from ἀήρ (aḗr, “air”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔːɹə/
  • Rhymes: -ɔːɹə

Noun

aura (plural aurae or auræ or auras)

  1. Distinctive atmosphere or quality associated with something.
  2. (parapsychology) An invisible force surrounding a living creature.
  3. (medicine) Perceptual disturbance experienced by some migraine sufferers before a migraine headache.
  4. (medicine) Telltale sensation experienced by some people with epilepsy before a seizure.

Synonyms

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Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

  • aura in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • aura in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
  • aura at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aura, from Ancient Greek αὔρα (aúra, “breeze, soft wind”). Doublet of the inherited ora.

Noun

aura f (plural aures)

  1. aura

Dalmatian

Noun

aura f

  1. Alternative form of jaura

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

aura f (plural aura's, diminutive auraatje n)

  1. aura

Finnish

(index au)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑu̯rɑ/
  • Rhymes: -ɑurɑ
  • Hyphenation: au‧ra

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *atra, compare Estonian ader. Borrowed from a Germanic language (compare Old Norse arðr), from Proto-Germanic *arþrą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂érh₃trom.

Noun

aura

  1. plough
  2. wedge (group of birds flying in a V-shaped formation)
Declension
Inflection of aura (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative aura aurat
genitive auran aurojen
partitive auraa auroja
illative auraan auroihin
singular plural
nominative aura aurat
accusative nom. aura aurat
gen. auran
genitive auran aurojen
aurainrare
partitive auraa auroja
inessive aurassa auroissa
elative aurasta auroista
illative auraan auroihin
adessive auralla auroilla
ablative auralta auroilta
allative auralle auroille
essive aurana auroina
translative auraksi auroiksi
instructive — auroin
abessive auratta auroitta
comitative — auroineen
Synonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin aura.

Noun

aura

  1. aura
Declension
Inflection of aura (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative aura aurat
genitive auran aurojen
partitive auraa auroja
illative auraan auroihin
singular plural
nominative aura aurat
accusative nom. aura aurat
gen. auran
genitive auran aurojen
aurainrare
partitive auraa auroja
inessive aurassa auroissa
elative aurasta auroista
illative auraan auroihin
adessive auralla auroilla
ablative auralta auroilta
allative auralle auroille
essive aurana auroina
translative auraksi auroiksi
instructive — auroin
abessive auratta auroitta
comitative — auroineen

Anagrams

French

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin aura.

Noun

aura f (plural auras)

  1. aura

Etymology 2

Verb

aura

  1. third-person singular future of avoir

Further reading

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aura (“breeze, smell”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɒurɒ]
  • Hyphenation: au‧ra

Noun

aura (plural aurák)

  1. aura

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative aura aurák
accusative aurát aurákat
dative aurának auráknak
instrumental aurával aurákkal
causal-final auráért aurákért
translative aurává aurákká
terminative auráig aurákig
essive-formal auraként aurákként
essive-modal — —
inessive aurában aurákban
superessive aurán aurákon
adessive auránál auráknál
illative aurába aurákba
sublative aurára aurákra
allative aurához aurákhoz
elative aurából aurákból
delative auráról aurákról
ablative aurától auráktól
Possessive forms of aura
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. aurám auráim
2nd person sing. aurád auráid
3rd person sing. aurája aurái
1st person plural auránk auráink
2nd person plural aurátok auráitok
3rd person plural aurájuk auráik

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aura, from Ancient Greek αὔρα (aúra, “breeze, soft wind”). Doublet of the inherited ora.

Noun

aura f (plural aure)

  1. aura
  2. light breeze

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek αὔρα (aúra).

Pronunciation

Noun

aura f (genitive aurae); first declension

  1. the air
  2. a breeze
    dum flavit velis aura secunda meis. Ovidius. P. 2, 3, 26
    while a favorable breeze breathed on my sails (i. e. so long as I was in prosperity).

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative aura aurae
genitive aurae aurārum
dative aurae aurīs
accusative auram aurās
ablative aurā aurīs
vocative aura aurae

Synonyms

Descendants

References

  • aura in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • aura in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • popular favour; popularity: aura favoris popularis (Liv. 22. 26)
    • popular favour; popularity: aura popularis (Harusp. 18. 43)
    • to court popularity: auram popularem captare (Liv. 3. 33)
    • a popular man: aurae popularis homo (Liv. 42. 30)
    • to use some one's unpopularity as a means of making oneself popular: ex invidia alicuius auram popularem petere (Liv. 22. 26)

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aura, from Ancient Greek αὔρα (aúra, “breeze, soft wind”).

Noun

aura f (plural auras)

  1. aura (an invisible force surrounding a living creature)

Romansch

Alternative forms

  • (Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) ora

Etymology

From Latin aura.

Noun

aura f

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) weather

Spanish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin aura, from Ancient Greek αὔρα (aúra, “breeze, soft wind”).

Noun

aura f (plural auras)

  1. aura

Etymology 2

Noun

aura f (plural auras)

  1. The turkey vulture and related species in the genus Cathartes, carrion-eating birds native to the Americas.
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