sur

See also Sur, sûr, súrr, sur-, şûr, and súr

Asturian

Noun

sur m (plural surs)

1. south

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /sur/, [suɐ̯ˀ]

Etymology 1

Verbal noun to surre (“to whirr”).

Noun

sur n (singular definite surret, plural indefinite sur)

1. whirr (a sibilant buzz or vibration from insect wings)

Inflection

    Inflection of sur

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	sur	surret	sur	surrene
genitive	surs	surrets	surs	surrenes

Adverb

sur

1. løbe sur – get confused, mixed up, loose track of things

Etymology 2

From Old Norse súrr (“sour”), from Proto-Germanic *sūraz, from Proto-Indo-European *sūr-.

Adjective

sur (neuter surt, definite and plural sure, comparative surere, superlative surest)

1. sour (having an acid, sharp or tangy taste; peevish or bad-tempered)
2. acid
3. surly, cross, annoyed, sulky, sore
4. hard, rotten, annoying

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Esperanto

Etymology

From French sur.

Preposition

sur

1. on, upon

Antonyms

• (neologism) sob (“below, beneath”)

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /syr/

• Audio (FR)

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• Homophone: sûr

Etymology 1

From Middle French sur, from Old French sur, sor, soure, sovre (“on, upon, over”), from Latin super (“over, on, above”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)uperi (“over, above”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *eḱs (“out, out of”) + Proto-Indo-European *uperi, *upo- (“over, above”). Cognate with Old English ofer (“over, above”). More at over.

Preposition

sur

1. on, upon
2. on top of
3. above
4. out of

   sept sur dix - seven out of ten

5. in the case of

Synonyms

• (above): au-dessus de

Antonyms

• (on): sous
• (on top of): dessous
• (above): au-dessous de

Etymology 2

From Middle French sur, from Old French sur (“sour, bitter”), from Old Frankish *sūr (“acidic, sour”), from Proto-Germanic *sūraz (“sour, acidic, salty, damp”), from Proto-Indo-European *sūro- (“sour, salty, bitter”). Cognate with Old High German sūr (“sour”), Old English sūr (“sour”). More at sour.

Adjective

sur m (feminine sure, masculine plural surs, feminine plural sures)

1. sour

See also

• sur-

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Galician

Alternative forms

• S

Etymology

From French sud, from Old English suþ.

Noun

sur m (plural sures)

1. (uncountable) south (cardinal direction)
2. (uncountable) the southern portion of a territory or region
3. (countable) a southern; a wind blowing from the south

Antonyms

• (south): norte, setentrión
• (southern portion): norte

Derived terms

• América do Sur
• Cruz do Sur
• polo Sur
• surleste
• suroeste

Coordinate terms

• leste
• norte
• occidente

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Ido

Preposition

sur

1. on

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Lojban

Rafsi

sur

1. rafsi of surla.

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Maltese

Etymology 1

From Arabic سور (sūr)

Noun

sur m (plural swar)

1. wall, rampart
2. bastion
3. rock

Etymology 2

From sinjur.

Noun

sur m (nopl)

1. sir, mister

Sur Smith -- Mister Smith

Etymology 3

From Arabic صُوَر (ṣuwar)

Noun

sur f

1. Plural form of sura

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Norwegian

Etymology

From Old Norse súrr, from Proto-Germanic *sūraz, from Proto-Indo-European *sūr-. Cognate to Danish sur, Icelandic súr, Dutch zuur, English sour and German sauer.

Adjective

sur

1. sour; the characteristic taste of a lemon
2. In a bad temper, sulky
3. acidic
4. cold, unpleasant (often about weather); eg: "Det er surt ute" (The weather is unpleasant outside"), "Han prøver å gjøre livet surt for meg" ("He's trying to make life difficult for me")

Conjugation

		Singular				Plural
		Indefinite form		Definite form
		Common	Neuter	Sexus maskuline	Other sexus
Absolute		sur	surt	sure	sure	sure
Comparative		surere
Superlative	Attribute			sureste	sureste	sureste
	Predicative	surest

Synonyms

• (taste): skarp, snerpende
• (bad temper): gretten, sint

Antonyms

• søt
• blid, glad

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sūraz, whence also Old Saxon sūr, Old High German sūr, Old Norse súrr.

Adjective

sūr

1. sour

Descendants

• English: sour

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Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sūraz, whence also Old Saxon sūr Old English sūr, Old Norse súrr.

Adjective

sūr

1. sour

Descendants

• German: sauer
• Yiddish: זויער (zoyer)

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Rohingya

Etymology

From Bengali.

Noun

sur

1. thief

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Romanian

Etymology

Most likely from a Slavic language. Cf. Bulgarian, Serbo-Croatian sur. A less likely etymology connects it to Latin syrus, or links it with Italian soro.

Adjective

sur ^{4 nom/acc forms}

1. grey

Inflection

declension of sur

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	sur		sură	suri	sure
	definite	surul		sura	surii	surele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	sur		sure	suri	sure
	definite	surului		surei	surilor	surelor

Synonyms

• gri
• brumăriu

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Spanish

Etymology

From French sud, from Old English suþ.

Noun

sur m

1. south

Antonyms

• norte n

Related terms

• austral
• sud
• Sudamérica
• meridional/sureño

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse súrr, from Proto-Germanic *sūraz, from Proto-Indo-European *sūr-.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /sʉːr/

• audio

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Adjective

sur

1. sour; the characteristic taste of a lemon
2. acetous; having a sour taste
3. acidic
4. In a bad temper; look sour
5. wet; damp

Declension

Declension

Inflections of sur		Positive	Comparative	Superlative
		Attributive
Indefinite singular	Common	sur	surare
	Neuter	surt
Definite singular	Masc.	sure		suraste
	All	sura		suraste
Plural		sura		suraste
		Predicative
Singular	Common	sur	surare	surast
	Neuter	surt
Plural		sura

Derived terms

• sura
• surkart
• surt sa räven
• det kommer surt efter
• sur som ättika

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Turkish

Noun

sur (definite accusative [[]])

1. city wall