aurochs

English

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Augsburg depiction of an aurochs.

Etymology

From German Aurochs, an early variant of Auerochse, from Middle High German ūrochse "aurochs" from Old High German ūrohso "aurochs", a compound consisting of ūro "aurochs" (from Proto-Germanic *ūraz, *ūrô (“aurochs”)) + ohso "ox". Akin to Old English ūr "aurochs", Old Norse ūrr "aurochs", Middle Low German ūrosse "aurochs", Old English oxa "ox". More at ox.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɔːrɒks/

Noun

aurochs (plural aurochs or aurochses or aurochsen)

1. An extinct European mammal, Bos primigenius, the ancestor of domestic cattle.
2. (zoology) The European bison (Bison bonasus, or Europæus).

Translations

Bos primigenius

• Dutch: oeros (nl)
• Finnish: alkuhärkä (fi)
• French: aurochs (fr) m
• German: Auerochse (de), Ur (de) m
• Irish: áracs (ga) m
• Italian: uro (it) m
• Latin: ūrus (la) m

• Latvian: taurs (lv) m
• Polish: tur (pl)
• Romanian: bour (ro) n
• Russian: тур (ru) (tur) m 
• Spanish: uro (es) m
• Swedish: uroxe (sv) c
• Welsh: cynfual (cy)

European bison — see European bison

References

• aurochs in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• Notes: