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fur definition
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This page has 33 definitions of fur with English translations in 11 languages. Fur is a symbol, noun, verb, conjunction and preposition. Also define these 0 related words and terms: .
Translingual fur definition
Symbol
fur
English fur definition
Etymology 1
From Middle English furre, forre, from Anglo-Norman forre, fuerre (“a case; sheath”), from Frankish *fōdar, from Proto-West Germanic *fōdr, 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”), Northern 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
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /fɜː(ɹ)/
- (General American) enPR: fûr, IPA(key): /fɝ/
- (Scotland) IPA(key): /fʌr/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)
- Homophone: fir
Noun
fur (countable and uncountable, plural furs)
- The hairy coat of various mammal species, especially when fine, soft and thick.
- The hairy skin of an animal processed into clothing for humans.
- November 17, 1716, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, letter to the Countess of Mar
- wrapped up in my furs
- November 17, 1716, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, letter to the Countess of Mar
- A pelt used to make, trim or line clothing apparel.
- A coating, lining resembling fur in function and/or appearance.
- A thick pile of fabric.
- The soft, downy covering on the skin of a peach.
- The deposit formed on the interior of boilers and other vessels by hard water.
- The layer of epithelial debris on a tongue.
- (heraldry) One of several patterns or diapers used as tinctures, such as ermine and vair.
- (hunting, uncountable) Rabbits and hares, as opposed to partridges and pheasants (called feathers).
- 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."
- (vulgar, slang) Pubic hair.
- (vulgar, slang) Sexual attractiveness.
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Verb
fur (third-person singular simple present furs, present participle furring, simple past and past participle furred)
- (transitive) To cover with fur or a fur-like coating.
- (intransitive) To become covered with fur or a fur-like coating.
- 2015, Tom Michell, The Penguin Lessons:
- The college water supply was practically undrinkable because of its salinity and the pipes furred up so rapidly that they had to be replaced every few years.
- (transitive, construction) To level a surface by applying furring to it.
- Synonym: fur out
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
Conjunction
fur
Preposition
fur
- Pronunciation spelling of for.
- 1849 May – 1850 November, Charles Dickens, “The Beginning of a Longer Journey”, in The Personal History of David Copperfield, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1850, →OCLC, page 516:
- A’most the moment as she lighted heer, all so desolate, she found (as she believed) a friend; a decent woman as spoke to her about the needle-work as she had been brought up to do, about finding plenty of it fur her, about a lodging fur the night, and making secret inquiration concerning of me and all at home, to-morrow.
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Aromanian fur definition
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)
- I steal.
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Etymology 2
From Latin fūr. Compare archaic Daco-Romanian fur.
Alternative forms
Noun
fur m (plural furi)
Synonyms
- furcudar, haramiu, chisãgi, caceac
Catalan fur definition
Etymology
From Old Catalan for, from Latin forum. Doublet of fòrum, a learned borrowing.
Pronunciation
Noun
fur m (plural furs)
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Further reading
- “fur” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Dalmatian fur definition
Verb
fur
- Alternative form of facro
Conjugation
gerund | fundo | ||||||
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past participle | fut | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | ju | te | jal/jala | nu | vu | jali/jale | |
present | faz | fai | facaja | faime | faite | facaja | |
imperfect | fazua | fazui | fazua | fazume | fazute | fazua | |
perfect | jai fut | je fut | ju fut | jaime fut | jaite fut | ju fut | |
pluperfect | avas fut | avas fut | avaja fut | avaime fut | avaite fut | avas fut | |
future | fura | furai | fura | furme | furte | fura | |
conditional | fure | fure | fure | furme | furte | fure | |
subjunctive | ju | te | jal/jala | nu | vu | jali/jale | |
present | faiss | faiss | faiss | fuzme | fuzte | fuaza | |
imperfect | facas | facasse | facassa | facassaime | facassaite | facas | |
imperative | — | te | — | nu | vu | — | |
affirmative | fai | faime | faite | ||||
negative | naun fai | naun faime | naun faite |
French fur definition
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
fur m (plural not attested)
- Only used in au fur et à mesure (“to an equitable extent”)
Further reading
- “fur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin fur definition
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 or f (genitive fūris); third declension
- A thief
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | fūr | fūrēs |
Genitive | fūris | fūrum |
Dative | fūrī | fūribus |
Accusative | fūrem | fūrēs |
Ablative | fūre | fūribus |
Vocative | fūr | fūrēs |
Related terms
Descendants
- Aromanian: fur
- Italian: furo
- Old Occitan:
- Romanian: fur
- ⇒ Late Latin: fūrō, fūrōnis (“thief”)
- ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *furittum (“petty thief”)
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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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
Old Dutch fur definition
Alternative forms
Preposition
fur
- for
References
Polish fur definition
Pronunciation
Noun
fur f
Romanian fur definition
Etymology
Inherited from Latin fūr, from Proto-Italic *fōr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰṓr, from the root *bʰer- (“to carry”).
Pronunciation
Verb
fur
Noun
fur m (plural furi)
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Somali fur definition
Verb
fur
Swedish fur definition
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
fur c (uncountable)
Synonyms
- (wood): furu
- (tree): tall (if a distinction is made between this and "fur", this will be used about younger trees), fura
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Welsh fur definition
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /vɨːr/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /viːr/
Noun
fur
- Soft mutation of mur.
Mutation
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
mur | fur | unchanged | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |