saur
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Middle English *saur, variant of sour (“mud”), from Old Norse saurr.
Noun edit
saur
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(See the entry for “saur”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
saur (plural saurs)
- Alternative form of 'saur (“a dinosaur”)
Anagrams edit
Dalmatian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
saur f
French edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Adjective edit
saur (feminine saure, masculine plural saurs, feminine plural saures)
Derived terms edit
- hareng saur (“kipper”)
Further reading edit
- “saur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Gothic edit
Romanization edit
saur
- Romanization of 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐍂
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse saurr, from Proto-Germanic *sauraz.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
saur m (genitive singular saurs, no plural)
Declension edit
Synonyms edit
- (dirt): óhreinindi, saurindi, skítur
- (feces): skítur (vulgar), kúkur (informal)