deur

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deør/

Etymology 1

From Dutch deur

Etymology 2

From Dutch door

Etymology

From Middle Dutch dōre, duere, from Old Dutch duri, from Proto-Germanic *durz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer- (“doorway, door, gate”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -øːr
• IPA^(key): /døːr/, [dʏːr]

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Noun

deur f (plural deuren, diminutive deurtje n)

1. door

Anagrams

• dure

Etymology

From Old Irish dér, deór (“tear; drop”) (compare Irish deoir), from Proto-Celtic *dakrom (compare Middle Welsh deigr), from Proto-Indo-European *dáḱru-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̥ʲiaɾ/

Noun

deur m (genitive singular deòir, plural deòir)

1. drop
2. tear, teardrop

   Sgìth mise bho na deòir gu bheil mi a' caoineadh. ― I am weary from the tears that I have wept.

3. any small quantity of liquid
4. brine

References

• Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• “dér” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Etymology

From Middle Dutch duere, variant of dōre, from Old Dutch thuro, from Proto-Germanic *þurhw.

Preposition

deur

1. through
2. by