-uro

See also: Appendix:Variations of "uro"

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin -tūra, English -ure, French -ure, Italian -tura, Spanish -dura.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuro/

Suffix

-uro

1. suffix used with verbal roots to denote the result or product where it is necessary to distinguish this from the act

   ‎fotografar (“to photograph”) + ‎-uro → ‎fotografuro (“a photograph”)

   ‎signatar (“to sign”) + ‎-uro → ‎signaturo (“a signature”)

Derived terms

Ido terms suffixed with -uro

atachuro

bavuro

exuduro

fotografuro

inflamuro

infuzuro

konstrukturo

kreuro

laboruro

laceruro

pikturo

plezuro

skriburo

skulturo

solvuro

Italian

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Suffix

-uro

1. (chemistry) -ide

Derived terms

Italian terms suffixed with -uro

alogenuro

antimoniuro

arseniuro

azoturo

boruro

bromuro

cenuro

cianuro

cloruro

fluoruro

fosforite

fosfuro

idruro

ofisuro

ossiuro

solfuro

xifosuro

See also

• -ide

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Suffix

-uro

1. (zoology) having a tail

Derived terms

• cenuro
• ofisuro
• ossiuro (“oxyuris”)
• xifosuro (“xiphosauran”)

Related terms

• uro-

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuɾo/ [ˈu.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -uɾo
• Syllabification: -u‧ro

Suffix

-uro m (noun-forming suffix, plural -uros)

1. (chemistry) -ide (marking the binary compound of a nonmetal)

Derived terms

Spanish terms suffixed with -uro

antimoniuro

arseniuro

boruro

bromuro

carburo

cloruro

haluro

yoduro

Further reading

• “-uro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024