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See also: Fur, fur., für, fúr, and fûr

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of Friulian furlan.

Symbol

fur

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Friulian.

See also

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English furre, forre, from Anglo-Norman forre, fuerre (“a case; sheath”), from Frankish *fōdar, from Proto-West Germanic *fōdr, from Proto-Germanic *fōdrą (“sheath”) (compare Old English fōdor (“sheaf”), Dutch voering (“lining”), German Futter (“lining”), Gothic 𐍆𐍉𐌳𐍂 (fōdr, “sheath”)), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-, *poh₂- (“to protect”) (compare Lithuanian piemuō (“protection”), Ancient Greek πῶυ (pôu, “flock”), πῶμα (pôma, “lid”), ποιμήν (poimḗn, “shepherd”), Old Armenian հաւրան (hawran, “herd, flock”), Northern Kurdish pawan (“to watch over”), Sanskrit पाति (pāti, “he watches, protects”).

The verb is from Middle English furren, from Anglo-Norman furrer, forrer, fourrer (“to line, stuff, fill”), from the noun.

Pronunciation

Noun

fur (countable and uncountable, plural furs)

  2. (uncountable) The hairy coat of various mammal species, especially when fine, soft and thick.
  3. (uncountable) The hairy skins of animals used as a material for clothing.
  4. (countable) An animal pelt used to make, trim or line clothing.
    During the colonial period, Britain used Canada as a major source of furs.
  5. (countable) A garment made of fur.
  6. (uncountable) A coating or lining resembling fur in function and/or appearance.
    1. (uncountable) A thick pile of fabric.
    2. (uncountable) The soft, downy covering on the skin of a peach.
    3. (uncountable) The deposit formed on the interior of boilers and other vessels by hard water.
    4. (uncountable) The layer of epithelial debris on a tongue.
  8. (heraldry, countable) One of several patterns or diapers used as tinctures, such as ermine and vair.
    Coordinate terms: colour, metal, stain
  9. (hunting, uncountable) Rabbits and hares, as opposed to partridges and pheasants (called feathers).
  11. (countable) A furry, a member of the furry fandom.
    • 2006, Shari Caudron, Who Are You People?:
      "You want to know what brings furries together?" she asks. "Furs are here because they don't fit in anywhere else. For real furs, this is the only place they feel comfortable."
  12. (informal, uncountable) Human body hair, especially when abundant.
  13. (vulgar, slang, uncountable) Pubic hair.
  14. (vulgar, slang, uncountable) Sexual attractiveness.
Derived terms
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Verb

fur (third-person singular simple present furs, present participle furring, simple past and past participle furred)

  1. (transitive) To cover with fur or a fur-like coating.
  2. (intransitive) To become covered with fur or a fur-like coating.
    • 2015, Tom Michell, The Penguin Lessons:
      The college water supply was practically undrinkable because of its salinity and the pipes furred up so rapidly that they had to be replaced every few years.
  3. (transitive, construction) To level a surface by applying furring to it.
    Synonym: fur out
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Translations

Etymology 2

Conjunction

fur

  1. Pronunciation spelling of for.

Preposition

fur

  1. Pronunciation spelling of for.
    • 1849 May – 1850 November, Charles Dickens, “The Beginning of a Longer Journey”, in The Personal History of David Copperfield, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1850, →OCLC, page 516:
      A’most the moment as she lighted heer, all so desolate, she found (as she believed) a friend; a decent woman as spoke to her about the needle-work as she had been brought up to do, about finding plenty of it fur her, about a lodging fur the night, and making secret inquiration concerning of me and all at home, to-morrow.

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Aromanian

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin fūrō, from Latin fūror. Compare Romanian fura, fur.

Alternative forms

Verb

fur first-singular present indicative (third-person singular present indicative furã, past participle furatã)

  1. to steal

Etymology 2

From Latin fūr. Compare archaic Daco-Romanian fur.

Alternative forms

Noun

fur m (plural furi)

  1. thief, robber
Synonyms
  • furcudar, haramiu, chisãgi, caceac

Catalan

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Etymology

From Old Catalan for, from Latin forum. Doublet of for and fòrum.

Pronunciation

Noun

fur m (plural furs)

  1. (law) fuero

Derived terms

  • contrafur

Further reading

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Cornish

Etymology

From Old Cornish fur, from Latin fur. Cognate with Breton fur.

Pronunciation

Adjective

fur

  1. wise, prudent
  2. sensible, well-behaved

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin fāre.

Verb

fur

  1. to do
  2. to make

References

  • Bartoli, Matteo (1906), Il Dalmatico: Resti di un’antica lingua romanza parlata da Veglia a Ragusa e sua collocazione nella Romània appenino-balcanica, Rome: Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, published 2000, page 310

French

Etymology

Inherited from Latin forum.

Pronunciation

Noun

fur m (plural not attested)

  1. only used in au fur et à mesure (“to an equitable extent”)

Further reading

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *fōr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰṓr, from the root *bʰer- (“to carry”) (see ferō). Cognate with Ancient Greek φώρ (phṓr).

Pronunciation

Noun

fūr m or f (genitive fūris); third declension

  1. A thief

Declension

Third-declension noun.

More information singular, plural ...

Descendants

References

  • “fur”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “fur”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "fur", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • “fur”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “fur”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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Old Dutch

Alternative forms

Preposition

fur

  1. for

References

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfur/
  • Rhymes: -ur
  • Syllabification: fur

Noun

fur f

  1. genitive plural of fura

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin fūr, from Proto-Italic *fōr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰṓr, from the root *bʰer- (“to carry”).

Pronunciation

Verb

fur

  1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of fura

Noun

fur m (plural furi)

  1. (archaic) thief
    Synonyms: hoț, bandit

Somali

Verb

fur

  1. to open

Swedish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

fur c (uncountable)

  1. pinewood
    Synonym: (more common) furu
  2. (archaic or somewhat solemn) pine tree (in some areas chiefly about old trees)
    fur och gran
    pine and spruce

Synonyms

  • (tree): tall (if a distinction is made between this and "fur", this will be used about younger trees), fura

References

Anagrams

Welsh

Pronunciation

Noun

fur

  1. soft mutation of mur

Mutation

More information radical, soft ...

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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