sur

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See also Sur, sûr, súrr, sur-, şûr, and súr

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[edit] Danish

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /sur/, [suɐ̯ˀ]

[edit] Etymology 1

Verbal noun to surre (“to whirr”).

[edit] Noun

sur n. (singular definite surret, plural indefinite sur)

  1. whirr (a sibilant buzz or vibration from insect wings)
[edit] Inflection
    Inflection of sur
neuter gender Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative, dative and accusative sur surret sur surrene
genitive surs surrets surs surrenes

[edit] Adverb

sur

  1. løbe sur – get confused, mixed up, loose track of things

[edit] Etymology 2

From Old Norse súrr (“sour”).

[edit] Adjective

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

  1. sour (having an acid, sharp or tangy taste; peevish or bad-tempered)
  2. acid
  3. surly, cross, annoyed, sulky, sore
  4. hard, rotten, annoying

[edit] Esperanto

[edit] Etymology

French sur.

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sur

  1. on, upon

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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

From Latin super.

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sur

  1. on, upon
  2. on top of
  3. above
  4. out of
    sept sur dix - seven out of ten
  5. in the case of

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sur m. (f. sure, m. plural surs, f. plural sures)

  1. sour

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[edit] Galician

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[edit] Etymology

From French sud, from Old English suþ.

[edit] 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

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[edit] Preposition

sur

  1. on

[edit] Maltese

[edit] Etymology 1

Related to Arabic صُورْ (ṣūr, “rock, wall”)

[edit] Noun

sur m. (pl swar)

  1. wall, rampart
  2. bastion
  3. rock

[edit] Etymology 2

From sinjur.

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sur m. (nopl)

  1. sir, mister
Sur Smith -- Mister Smith

[edit] Etymology 3

From Arabic صُوَر (ṣuwar)

[edit] Noun

sur f.

  1. Plural form of sura.

[edit] Norwegian

[edit] Adjective

sur

  1. sour; the characteristic taste of a lemon
  2. In a bad temper, sulky
  3. acidic
  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")

[edit] Conjugation

Singular Plural
Indefinite form Definite form
Common Neuter Sexus maskuline Other sexus
Absolute sur surt sure sure sure
Comparative surere
Superlative Attribute sureste sureste sureste
Predicative surest

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[edit] Old English

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sūraz, whence also Old High German sūr, Old Norse súrr and Icelandic súr.

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sūr

  1. sour

[edit] Old High German

[edit] Etymology

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

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sūr

  1. sour

[edit] Rohingya

[edit] Etymology

From Bengali.

[edit] Noun

sur

  1. thief

[edit] Romanian

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Adjective

sur 4 nom/acc forms

  1. grey

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declension of sur
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative		 indefinite sur sură suri sure
definite surul sura surii surele
genitive/
dative		 indefinite sur sure suri sure
definite surului surei surilor surelor

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Etymology

From French sud, from Old English suþ.

[edit] Noun

sur m.

  1. south

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[edit] Swedish

[edit] Etymology

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

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[edit] Adjective

sur

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

[edit] Declension

Declension
Inflections of
sur		 Positive Comparative Superlative
Attributive
Indefinite
singular		 Common sur surare
Neuter surt
Definite
singular		 Masc.  sure suraste
All  sura suraste
Plural  sura suraste
Predicative
Singular Common sur surare surast
Neuter surt
Plural  sura

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[edit] Turkish

[edit] Noun

sur

  1. city wall
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