taur

See also: Taur

English

Etymology

Clipping of centaur.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔː/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔɹ/
  • (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈtɑɹ/
• Homophones: Tor, tour (pour–poor merger), tar (some pronunciations)

Noun

taur (plural taurs)

1. (furry fandom) A fictional creature, resembling a centaur, with the lower body of some four-or-more-legged animal and an upper body either of an anthropomorphic version of that same animal or (less commonly) of a human or another humanoid creature.

   His character was a husky taur with dark red fur.

   • 2021, Ian Madison Keller, Mary E. Dowd, Furry Fiction Is Everywhere: A Step-by-Step Guide to Writing Anthropomorphic Characters‎^[1], Rainbow Dog Books, →ISBN, page 58:

     Tails and wings both greatly affect clothing choices, same with taur species.

See also

• multifur

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin taurus.

Noun

taur m (plural taurs)

1. bull

See also

• bo
• vacje

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin taurus.

Pronunciation

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Noun

taur m (plural taurs)

1. bull

Romanian

taur ― bull

Etymology

Inherited from Latin taurus, from Proto-Indo-European *táwros.

Pronunciation

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Noun

taur m (plural tauri)

1. bull (uncastrated adult male of cattle)
2. (popular) stag beetle

   Synonyms: rădașcă, răgace

Declension

Declension of taur

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	taur	taurul		tauri	taurii
genitive-dative	taur	taurului		tauri	taurilor
vocative	taurule			taurilor

Derived terms

• tăuraș
• tăurel

See also

• bou
• vacă
• vițel

Romansch

Etymology

From Latin taurus.

Noun

taur m (plural taurs)

1. bull

Tok Pisin

Noun

taur

1. conch shell