fur
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English[edit]
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.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA(key): /fɜː(ɹ)/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): [fɜ̝ː]
- (US) enPR: fûr, IPA(key): /fɝ/
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Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɜː(r)
- Homophone: fir
Noun[edit]
fur (plural furs)
- Hairy coat of various mammal species, especially: when fine, soft and thick.
- Hairy skin of an animal processed into clothing for humans.
- Lady M. W. Montagu
- wrapped up in my furs
- Lady M. W. Montagu
- 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.
- 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."
- 2006, Shari Caudron, Who Are You People?
- (vulgar, slang) Pubic hair.
- (vulgar, slang) Sexual attractiveness.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
hairy coat of a mammal, especially when fine, soft and thick
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hairy skin processed to serve as clothing
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pelt used to make, trim or line clothing apparel
coating resembling fur
layer of epithelial debris
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Verb[edit]
fur (third-person singular simple present furs, present participle furring, simple past and past participle furred)
- (transitive) To cover with fur.
Translations[edit]
to cover with fur
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Conjunction[edit]
fur
- Eye dialect spelling of for, representing African American Vernacular English.
Preposition[edit]
fur
- Eye dialect spelling of for, representing African American Vernacular English.
Aromanian[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Vulgar Latin fūrō, from Latin fūror. Compare Romanian fura, fur.
Alternative forms[edit]
Verb[edit]
fur (past participle furatã)
- I steal.
Related terms[edit]
See also[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From Latin fūr. Compare archaic Daco-Romanian fur.
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
fur m (plural furi)
Synonyms[edit]
Catalan[edit]
Noun[edit]
fur m (plural furs)
Dalmatian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- fachir (Ragusan dialect)
Etymology[edit]
From Latin facere, present active infinitive of faciō. Compare Italian fare, French faire, Romansch far.
Verb[edit]
fur
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
fur m
- Used only in the expression au fur et à mesure, to an equitable extent
External links[edit]
- “fur” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Italic *fōr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰōr, from the root *bʰer- (“to carry”) (see ferō). Cognate with Ancient Greek φώρ (phṓr).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
fūr m (genitive fūris); third declension
- A thief
Inflection[edit]
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | fūr | fūrēs |
| genitive | fūris | fūrum |
| dative | fūrī | fūribus |
| accusative | fūrem | fūrēs |
| ablative | fūre | fūribus |
| vocative | fūr | fūrēs |
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- fur in Charlton T. Lewis & 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, 1883–1887)
- fur in Félix Gaffiot (1934), Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- fur in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
Lojban[edit]
Rafsi[edit]
fur
Romanian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
fur
- first-person singular present tense form of fura.
- first-person singular subjunctive form of fura.
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
fur m (plural furi)
Synonyms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Somali[edit]
Verb[edit]
fur
Swedish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
fur c (uncountable)
Related terms[edit]
Synonyms[edit]
- (wood): furu
- (tree): tall (if a distinction is made between this and "fur", this will be used about younger trees), fura
Welsh[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /vɨːr/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /viːr/
Noun[edit]
fur
- Soft mutation of mur.
Mutation[edit]
| 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. |
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