fur

See also: Fur, fúr, fûr, für, and fur.

English

Furs (pelts)

Etymology 1

From Middle English furre, forre, from Anglo-Norman forre, fuerre (“a case; sheath”), from Frankish *fōdar, from Proto-Germanic *fōdrą (“sheath”) (compare Old English fōdor (“sheaf”), Dutch voering (“lining”), German Futter (“lining”), Gothic 𐍆𐍉𐌳𐍂 (fōdr, “sheath”)), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-, *poh₂- (“to protect”) (compare Lithuanian piemuō (“protection”), Ancient Greek πῶυ (pôu, “flock”), πῶμα (pôma, “lid”), ποιμήν (poimḗn, “shepherd”), Old Armenian հաւրան (hawran, “herd, flock”), Kurdish pawan (“to watch over”), Sanskrit पाति (pāti, “he watches, protects”).

The verb is from Middle English furren, from Anglo-Norman furrer, forrer, fourrer (“to line; stuff; fill”), from the noun.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /fɜː(ɹ)/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): [fɜ̝ː]
  • (US) enPR: fûr, IPA(key): /fɝ/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(r)
  • Homophone: fir

Noun

fur (countable and uncountable, plural furs)

  1. The hairy coat of various mammal species, especially when fine, soft and thick.
  2. The hairy skin of an animal processed into clothing for humans.
    • Lady M. W. Montagu
      wrapped up in my furs
  3. A pelt used to make, trim or line clothing apparel.
  4. A coating, lining resembling fur in function and/or appearance.
    1. A thick pile of fabric.
    2. The soft, downy covering on the skin of a peach.
    3. The deposit formed on the interior of boilers and other vessels by hard water.
    4. The layer of epithelial debris on a tongue.
  5. (heraldry) One of several patterns or diapers used as tinctures.
  6. A furry; a member of the furry subculture.
    • 2006, Shari Caudron, Who Are You People?
      "You want to know what brings furries together?" she asks. "Furs are here because they don't fit in anywhere else. For real furs, this is the only place they feel comfortable."
  7. (vulgar, slang) Pubic hair.
  8. (vulgar, slang) Sexual attractiveness.
Derived terms
Translations
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Verb

fur (third-person singular simple present furs, present participle furring, simple past and past participle furred)

  1. (transitive) To cover with fur.
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Etymology 2

Conjunction

fur

  1. Eye dialect spelling of for, representing African American Vernacular English.

Preposition

fur

  1. Eye dialect spelling of for, representing African American Vernacular English.

Anagrams

Aromanian

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin fūrō, from Latin fūror. Compare Romanian fura, fur.

Alternative forms

Verb

fur (third-person singular present indicative furã, past participle furatã)

  1. I steal.

See also

Etymology 2

From Latin fūr. Compare archaic Daco-Romanian fur.

Alternative forms

Noun

fur m (plural furi)

  1. thief, robber

Synonyms

  • furcudar, haramiu, chisãgi, caceac

Catalan

Noun

fur m (plural furs)

  1. fuero

Dalmatian

Verb

fur

  1. Alternative form of facro

Conjugation

    French

    Etymology

    From Latin forum.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /fyʁ/

    Noun

    fur m (plural not attested)

    1. Only used in au fur et à mesure (“to an equitable extent”)

    Further reading

    Latin

    Etymology

    From Proto-Italic *fōr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰṓr, from the root *bʰer- (“to carry”) (see ferō). Cognate with Ancient Greek φώρ (phṓr).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    fūr m (genitive fūris); third declension

    1. A thief

    Inflection

    Third declension.

    Case Singular Plural
    nominative fūr fūrēs
    genitive fūris fūrum
    dative fūrī fūribus
    accusative fūrem fūrēs
    ablative fūre fūribus
    vocative fūr fūrēs

    Descendants

    References

    • fur in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • fur in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • fur in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
    • fur in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
    • fur in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

    Romanian

    Etymology

    From Latin fūr.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [fur]

    Verb

    fur

    1. first-person singular present indicative of fura.
    2. first-person singular present subjunctive of fura.

    Noun

    fur m (plural furi)

    1. (archaic) thief

    Synonyms

    Somali

    Verb

    fur

    1. open

    Swedish

    Alternative forms

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /fʉːr/
    • Rhymes: -ʉːr

    Noun

    fur c (uncountable)

    1. pinewood
    2. (archaic) pine tree (in some areas chiefly about old trees)

    Synonyms

    • (wood): furu
    • (tree): tall (if a distinction is made between this and "fur", this will be used about younger trees), fura

    Welsh

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    fur

    1. Soft mutation of mur.

    Mutation

    Welsh mutation
    radicalsoftnasalaspirate
    mur fur unchanged unchanged
    Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
    possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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