taur
English
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Etymology
[edit]Clipping of centaur, corresponding to Ancient Greek ταῦρος (taûros, “bull”), from Proto-Indo-European *táwros. Doublet of steer.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɔː/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtoɹ/
- Homophones: Tor, tour (pour–poor merger), tar (some pronunciations)
Noun
[edit]taur (plural taurs)
- (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.
- Hyponym: drider (drow spidertaur)
- Coordinate terms: anthro, feral
- Near-synonyms: merfur or merperson (piscine lower body), naga or lamia (serpentine lower body)
- His character was a husky taur with dark red fur.
Derived terms
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[edit]Friulian
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[edit]taur m (plural taurs)
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[edit]taur m (plural taurs)
Romanian
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Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Latin taurus, from Proto-Indo-European *táwros.
Pronunciation
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[edit]taur m (plural tauri)
- bull (uncastrated adult male of cattle)
- (popular) stag beetle
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative-accusative | taur | taurul | tauri | taurii |
| genitive-dative | taur | taurului | tauri | taurilor |
| vocative | taurule | taurilor | ||
Derived terms
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[edit]Romansh
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[edit]taur m (plural taurs)
Tok Pisin
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Noun
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- fur:Cattle
- fur:Male animals
- Occitan terms inherited from Latin
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- oc:Cattle
- oc:Male animals
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- ro:Cattle
- ro:Scarabaeoids
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- Romansh terms inherited from Latin
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- rm:Cattle
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