furo

See also: furô, fūrō, furō, and Fūrō

English

Alternative forms

• ofuro

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 風呂.

Noun

furo (plural furos or furo)

1. A Japanese bath, generally deep and square-sided, and traditionally made of wood.

Anagrams

• four, rouf, uORF

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Verb

furo

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Esperanto

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  fūrō (“cat; robber”), diminutive of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin fūr (“thief”), with influence from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French furet (“ferret”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): [ˈfuro]
• Rhymes: -uro
• Hyphenation: fu‧ro

Noun

furo (accusative singular furon, plural furoj, accusative plural furojn)

1. ferret

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfu.ro/, [ˈfuːr̺o]
• Hyphenation: fù‧ro

Etymology 1

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

Noun

furo m (plural furi)

1. (obsolete) thief

   Synonym: ladro

   • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno [The Divine Comedy: Hell], 12th edition (paperback), Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto XXI, page 317, lines 43–45:

     Là giù 'l buttò, e per lo scoglio duro ¶ si volse; e mai non fu mastino sciolto ¶ con tanta fretta a seguitar lo furo.

     He hurled him down, and over the hard crag turned round, and never was a mastiff loosened in so much hurry to pursue a thief.

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Adjective

1. (obsolete) thievish, dishonest

   Synonym: ladro

   • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno [The Divine Comedy: Hell], 12th edition (paperback), Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto XXVII, page 405, lines 124–127:

     A Minòs mi portò; e quelli attorse ¶ otto volte la coda al dosso duro; ¶ e poi che per gran rabbia la si morse, ¶ disse: ‘Questi è d'i rei del foco furo’

     He bore me unto Minos, who entwined eight times his tail about his stubborn back, and after he had bitten it in great rage, said: 'Of the thievish fire a culprit this'

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Related terms

• furare
• furto

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

furo

1. first-person singular present indicative of furare

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

furo

1. Obsolete form of furono, third-person plural past historic indicative of essere

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Romanization

furo

1. Rōmaji transcription of ふろ
2. Rōmaji transcription of フロ

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Latin

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Used to calque Greek Ἐρινύς (Erinús), spirits of punishment in mythology. Proposed origins include Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“to smoke”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfu.roː/, [ˈfʊroː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfu.ro/, [ˈfuːro]

Verb

furō (present infinitive furere, perfect active furuī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

1. I rave or rage

Conjugation

Conjugation of furō (third conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	furō	furis	furit	furimus	furitis	furunt
	imperfect	furēbam	furēbās	furēbat	furēbāmus	furēbātis	furēbant
	future	furam	furēs	furet	furēmus	furētis	furent
	perfect	furuī	furuistī	furuit	furuimus	furuistis	furuērunt, furuēre
	pluperfect	furueram	furuerās	furuerat	furuerāmus	furuerātis	furuerant
	future perfect	furuerō	furueris	furuerit	furuerimus	furueritis	furuerint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	furam	furās	furat	furāmus	furātis	furant
	imperfect	furerem	furerēs	fureret	furerēmus	furerētis	furerent
	perfect	furuerim	furuerīs	furuerit	furuerīmus	furuerītis	furuerint
	pluperfect	furuissem	furuissēs	furuisset	furuissēmus	furuissētis	furuissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	fure	—	—	furite	—
	future	—	furitō	furitō	—	furitōte	furuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		furere	furuisse	—	—	—	—
participles		furēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		furendī	furendō	furendum	furendō	—	—

Derived terms

• furia
• furibundus
• furor

Etymology 2

Confusion with fūr.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfuː.roː/, [ˈfuːroː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfu.ro/, [ˈfuːro]

Noun

fūrō m (genitive fūrōnis); third declension

1. Alternative form of fūr

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fūrō	fūrōnēs
Genitive	fūrōnis	fūrōnum
Dative	fūrōnī	fūrōnibus
Accusative	fūrōnem	fūrōnēs
Ablative	fūrōne	fūrōnibus
Vocative	fūrō	fūrōnēs

References

• “furo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “furo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• furo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• furo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfu.rɔ/

Noun

furo f

1. vocative singular of fura

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Portuguese

Etymology 1

Back-formation from furar. Compare Italian foro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfuru/

Noun

furo m (plural furos)

1. hole, orifice

   Synonyms: buraco, orifício

2. (colloquial) puncture
3. (Brazil, slang) the act of standing someone up (missing an appointment)

   Synonym: bolo

Derived terms

• dar um furo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

furo

1. first-person singular present indicative of furar