obscur

Catalan

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁epsder.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi

Proto-Italic *op

Latin ob

Latin ob-

Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃-der.

Proto-Italic *skoirosder.

Latin obscūruslbor.

Catalan obscur

Learned borrowing from Latin obscūrus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [upsˈkur]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [opsˈkur]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Adjective

obscur (feminine obscura, masculine plural obscurs, feminine plural obscures)

1. dark (having an absolute or relative lack of light)

   Synonym: fosc

   Antonym: clar

2. obscure (difficult to understand)

Derived terms

• obscurament
• obscurir

Related terms

• obscuritat

Further reading

• “obscur”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “obscur”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “obscur” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “obscur”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French obscur, from Old French oscur, from Latin obscurus. The -b- through learned relatinisation in Middle French.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔp.skyʁ/

• Audio:

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Adjective

obscur (feminine obscure, masculine plural obscurs, feminine plural obscures)

1. obscure (dark, faint or indistinct)

Derived terms

• côté obscur de la force
• obscurément
• obscurité

Descendants

• → Romanian: obscur

Further reading

• “obscur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Interlingua

Adjective

obscur (comparative plus obscur, superlative le plus obscur)

1. dark

Antonyms

• clar

Middle French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French oscur, with the b added back to reflect the original Latin obscurus.

Adjective

obscur m (feminine singular obscure, masculine plural obscurs, feminine plural obscures)

1. dark (lacking light)

Descendants

• French: obscur

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French obscur, from Latin obscurus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /obˈskur/

Adjective

obscur m or n (feminine singular obscură, masculine plural obscuri, feminine/neuter plural obscure)

1. obscure; dark

Declension

Declension of obscur

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	obscur		obscură	obscuri	obscure
	definite	obscurul		obscura	obscurii	obscurele
genitive- dative	indefinite	obscur		obscure	obscuri	obscure
	definite	obscurului		obscurei	obscurilor	obscurelor

Related terms

• obscuritate