ouro

See also: Ouro

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese ouro, from Latin aurum, from Proto-Italic *auzom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂é-h₂us-o- (“glow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈow.ɾʊ/

Noun

ouro m (uncountable)

1. gold

Derived terms

• dourado
• dourar

References

• “ouro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “ouro” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “ouro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “ouro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “ouro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Mirandese

Etymology

From Latin aurum, from Proto-Italic *auzom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂é-h₂us-o- (“glow”).

Noun

ouro m

1. gold

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin aurum (“gold”), from Old Latin ausum (“gold”), from Proto-Italic *auzom (“gold”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂é-h₂us-o- (“glow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈow.ɾo/

Noun

ouro m

1. gold (as mineral or metal)
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 348 (facsimile):

     Como ſanta maria demoſtrou a ũu Rey que trobaua por ela gran teſouro douro ⁊ de prata.

     How Holy Mary revealed a great treasure of gold and silver to a king who wrote songs for Her.

2. gold (colour)
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 384 (facsimile):

     A primeyra era ouro / coor rrica ⁊ fremoſa / a ſemellante da uirgen / nobre ⁊ mui preçioſa.

     The first one was gold, a rich and beautiful colour, similar to the noble and very gorgeous Virgin.

Descendants

• Galician: ouro
• Portuguese: ouro (see there for further descendants)

Portuguese

Chemical element
Au
Previous: platina (Pt)
Next: mercúrio (Hg)

cálice de ouro

Alternative forms

• oiro

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈo(w).ɾu/ [ˈo(ʊ̯).ɾu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈo(w).ɾu/ [ˈo(ʊ̯).ɾu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈo(w).ɾo/ [ˈo(ʊ̯).ɾo]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈo(w).ɾu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈo(w).ɾu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈow.ɾu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈo.ɾu/

• Rhymes: -owɾu
• Hyphenation: ou‧ro

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese ouro, from Latin aurum, from Latin ausum, from Proto-Italic *auzom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂é-h₂us-o- (“glow”).

Noun

ouro m (plural ouros)

1. (chemistry) gold (chemical element)
2. gold (coin)
3. gold (colour)
4. gold (medal)
5. singular of ouros (“diamonds”) (one of the four suits of playing cards)

Derived terms

• ourama
• ourar
• ouro besouro
• ouro branco
• ouro de lei
• ouro dos tolos
• ouro em pó
• ouro falso
• ouro negro
• ouro-e-fio
• ouro-fio

 

Related terms

• Aurélio
• áureo
• auréola
• auri-
• auricrinito
• auriense
• aurífero
• aurificação
• aurificar
• aurífice
• aurifícia
• aurifício
• aurífico
• auriflama
• aurígena
• Aurora
• aurora
• dourada
• dourado
• dourar
• Oeiras
• oeirense
• ourensano
• Ourense
• ourives
• ouropel

 

Descendants

• → Kadiwéu: oolo
• → Itsekiri: oro

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

ouro

1. first-person singular present indicative of ourar