saur

See also: -saur, 'saur, and Saur

English

Noun

saur (plural saurs)

1. Alternative form of 'saur (“a dinosaur”).

Anagrams

• asur, Sura, USRA, sura, USAR, Ruas, URAs

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

• seraur

Etymology

From Latin soror, with the variant form seraur deriving from the Latin accusative form sorōrem. Compare Romanian soră, suroră, sor, Italian suora, Old Italian suoro, French soeur, Old Spanish seror, Spanish sor, Friulian sûr, Romansch sora, sour.

Noun

saur f

1. sister

French

Etymology

From Middle French saur, from Old French sor, from Frankish *sōri, *saur (“dry”), from Proto-Germanic *sauzaz (“dry, parched”). Cognate with Old English sēar (“dry”). More at sear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔʁ/

Adjective

saur (feminine saure, masculine plural saurs, feminine plural saures)

1. (cooking) dried and smoked

Derived terms

• hareng saur (“kipper”)

Further reading

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

Gothic

Romanization

saur

1. romanization of 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐍂

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse saurr, from Proto-Germanic *sauraz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /søyːr/
• Rhymes: -øyːr

Noun

saur m (genitive singular saurs, no plural)

1. filth, dirt

   Synonyms: óhreinindi, saurindi, skítur

2. feces

Declension

Declension of saur (sg-only masculine)

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	saur	saurinn
accusative	saur	saurinn
dative	saur	saurnum
genitive	saurs	saursins

Synonyms

• (feces): skítur (vulgar), kúkur (informal)

Derived terms

• saurblað
• saurindi
• saurlifnaður
• saurlífi
• saurugur

Related terms

• seyra
• sori

Javanese

Romanization

saur

1. romanization of ꦱꦲꦸꦂ