fur

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See also: Fur, fúr, fûr, für, and fur.

English[edit]

Furs (pelts)

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle English furre, forre, from Anglo-Norman forre, fuerre (“a case; sheath”), from Frankish *fōdar, 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”), 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.

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Noun[edit]

fur (countable and uncountable, plural furs)

  1. The hairy coat of various mammal species, especially when fine, soft and thick.
  2. The hairy skin of an animal processed into clothing for humans.
    • Lady M. W. Montagu
      wrapped up in my furs
  3. A pelt used to make, trim or line clothing apparel.
  4. A coating, lining resembling fur in function and/or appearance.
    1. A thick pile of fabric.
    2. The soft, downy covering on the skin of a peach.
    3. The deposit formed on the interior of boilers and other vessels by hard water.
    4. The layer of epithelial debris on a tongue.
  5. (heraldry) One of several patterns or diapers used as tinctures.
  6. 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."
  7. (vulgar, slang) Pubic hair.
  8. (vulgar, slang) Sexual attractiveness.
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Verb[edit]

fur (third-person singular simple present furs, present participle furring, simple past and past participle furred)

  1. (transitive) To cover with fur.
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Etymology 2[edit]

Conjunction[edit]

fur

  1. Eye dialect spelling of for, representing African American Vernacular English.

Preposition[edit]

fur

  1. Eye dialect spelling of for, representing African American Vernacular English.

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Aromanian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Vulgar Latin fūrō, from Latin fūror. Compare Romanian fura, fur.

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Verb[edit]

fur (third-person singular present indicative furã, past participle furatã)

  1. I steal.

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Etymology 2[edit]

From Latin fūr. Compare archaic Daco-Romanian fur.

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Noun[edit]

fur m (plural furi)

  1. thief, robber

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Catalan[edit]

Noun[edit]

fur m (plural furs)

  1. fuero

Dalmatian[edit]

Verb[edit]

fur

  1. Alternative form of facro

Conjugation[edit]

    Conjugation of fur
infinitive fur
gerund fundo
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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin forum.

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Noun[edit]

fur m (plural not attested)

  1. Only used in au fur et à mesure (“to an equitable extent”)

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Italic *fōr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰṓr, from the root *bʰer- (“to carry”) (see ferō). Cognate with Ancient Greek φώρ (phṓr).

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Noun[edit]

fūr m (genitive fūris); third declension

  1. A thief

Inflection[edit]

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative fūr fūrēs
genitive fūris fūrum
dative fūrī fūribus
accusative fūrem fūrēs
ablative fūre fūribus
vocative fūr fūrēs

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Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin fūr, from Proto-Italic *fōr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰṓr, from the root *bʰer- (“to carry”)

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Verb[edit]

fur

  1. first-person singular present indicative of fura.
  2. first-person singular present subjunctive of fura.

Noun[edit]

fur m (plural furi)

  1. (archaic) thief

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Somali[edit]

Verb[edit]

fur

  1. open

Swedish[edit]

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Noun[edit]

fur c (uncountable)

  1. pinewood
  2. (archaic) pine tree (in some areas chiefly about old trees)

Synonyms[edit]

  • (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[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

fur

  1. Soft mutation of mur.

Mutation[edit]

Welsh mutation
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.
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