sur

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sur"

Asturian

Noun

sur m (plural surs)

  1. south

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sur/, [suɐ̯ˀ]

Etymology 1

Verbal noun to surre (“to whirr”).

Noun

sur n (singular definite surret, plural indefinite sur)

  1. whirr (a sibilant buzz or vibration from insect wings)
Declension

Etymology 2

From Old Norse súrr (“sour”), from Proto-Germanic *sūraz, from Proto-Indo-European *sūr-.

Adjective

sur

  1. sour (having an acid, sharp or tangy taste)
  2. (chemistry) acidic
  3. (of dairy products) spoiled
  4. (of a person or communication) surly, cross, annoyed, sulky, sore
  5. (of work) unpleasant

Inflection

Inflection of sur
Positive Comparative Superlative
Common singular sur surere surest2
Neuter singular surt surere surest2
Plural sure surere surest2
Definite attributive1 sure surere sureste
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Esperanto

Etymology

From French sur.

Pronunciation

  • Audio(file)

Preposition

sur

  1. on, upon

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /syʁ/
  • Audio (FR)(file)
  • Homophone: sûr
  • Rhymes: -yʁ

Etymology 1

From Middle French sur, from Old French sur, seur, sor, soure, souvre, sovre (“on, upon, over”), from Latin super (“over, on, above”), from *eks-uper, from *h₁eǵʰs (“out of”) (Latin ex) and *uperi (“above”), from *upo. Doublet of super, a borrowing. Cognate with Old English ofer (“over, above”). More at over.

Preposition

sur

  1. on, upon
  2. on top of
  3. from on top of
  4. above
  5. out of
    sept sur dix - seven out of ten
  6. in the case of
  7. about, concerning
Synonyms
  • (above): au-dessus de
Antonyms

Etymology 2

From Middle French sur, from Old French sur (“sour, bitter”), from Frankish *sūr (“acidic, sour”).

Adjective

sur (feminine singular sure, masculine plural surs, feminine plural sures)

  1. sour

See also

Further reading

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French sud, from Old English suþ, from Proto-Germanic *sunþrą.

Noun

sur m (plural sures)

  1. (uncountable) south (cardinal direction)
  2. (uncountable) the southern portion of a territory or region
  3. (countable) a southern; a wind blowing from the south

Antonyms

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

Ido

Etymology

From French sur, Italian su.

Preposition

sur

  1. on

Maltese

Etymology 1

From Arabic سُور‎ (sūr)

Noun

sur m (plural swar)

  1. wall, rampart
  2. bastion
  3. rock

Etymology 2

From sinjur.

Noun

sur m (nopl)

  1. sir, mister
Sur Smith -- Mister Smith

Etymology 3

From Arabic صُوَر‎ (ṣuwar)

Noun

sur f

  1. plural of sura

Middle English

Adjective

sur

  1. Alternative form of sure

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse súrr, from Proto-Germanic *sūraz, from Proto-Indo-European *sūr-. Cognate with Danish sur, Icelandic súr, Dutch zuur, English sour and German sauer.

Adjective

sur (neuter singular surt, definite singular and plural sure, comparative surere, indefinite superlative surest, definite superlative sureste)

  1. sour (e.g. the characteristic taste of a lemon)
  2. In a bad temper, sulky
  3. acidic
    sur nedbør - acid rain
  4. cold, unpleasant (often about weather); eg: "Det er surt ute" (The weather is unpleasant outside"), "Han prøver å gjøre livet surt for meg" ("He's trying to make life difficult for me")

Synonyms

  • (taste): skarp, snerpende
  • (bad temper): gretten, sint

Antonyms

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse súrr, from Proto-Germanic *sūraz, from Proto-Indo-European *sūr-. Cognate with Danish sur, Icelandic súr, Dutch zuur, English sour and German sauer.

Adjective

sur (neuter singular surt, definite singular and plural sure, comparative surare, indefinite superlative surast, definite superlative suraste)

  1. sour
  2. acidic
    sur nedbør - acid rain
  3. bad-tempered, annoyed, in a foul mood

Derived terms

References

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sūraz. Cognate with Old Saxon sūr, Old High German sūr, Old Norse súrr.

Adjective

sūr

  1. sour

Derived terms

Descendants

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *sūr (“acidic, sour”). [1160 CE]

Adjective

sur m (oblique and nominative feminine singular sure)

  1. sour, biter

Descendants

  • Middle French: sur, sour
  • Walloon: sèr (Forrières)

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sūraz, whence also Old Saxon sūr Old English sūr, Old Norse súrr.

Adjective

sūr

  1. sour

Descendants

  • Middle High German: sūr

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse súrr, from Proto-Germanic *sūraz.

Adjective

sūr

  1. sour

Declension

Descendants

Rohingya

Etymology

From Sanskrit चोर (cora).

Noun

sur

  1. thief

Romanian

Etymology

Most likely from a Slavic language. Compare Bulgarian, Serbo-Croatian sur. A less likely etymology connects it to Latin syrus, or links it with Italian soro.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sur/

Adjective

sur m, n (feminine singular sură, masculine plural suri, feminine and neuter plural sure)

  1. grey

Inflection

Synonyms

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Compare surov.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sûːr/

Adjective

sȗr (definite sȗrī, Cyrillic spelling су̑р)

  1. (expressive, literary) ash-gray
  2. (expressive, literary, figuratively) gray, gloomy (of weather)
  3. (expressive, literary, figuratively) glum, stern, scowling, sullen (of person's face or mood)

Declension

References

  • “sur” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French sud, from Old English suþ, from Proto-Germanic *sunþrą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsuɾ/

Noun

sur m (plural sures)

  1. south

Antonyms

Derived terms

See also

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish sūr, from Old Norse súrr, from Proto-Germanic *sūraz, from Proto-Indo-European *sūr-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sʉːr/
  • audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ʉːr

Adjective

sur

  1. sour; the characteristic taste of a lemon
  2. acetous; having a sour taste
  3. acidic
  4. In a bad temper; look sour
  5. wet; damp

Declension

Inflection of sur
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular sur surare surast
Neuter singular surt surare surast
Plural sura surare surast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 sure surare suraste
All sura surare suraste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.

Derived terms

  • det kommer surt efter
  • sura
  • surkart
  • sur som ättika

Turkish

Noun

sur (definite accusative {{{1}}}, plural {{{2}}})

  1. city wall
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