urso

See also: Urso

Esperanto

Nigra urso

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ursus. Compare French ours, Italian orso, Spanish oso, Portuguese urso, Romanian urs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈurso]
• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -urso
• Hyphenation: ur‧so

Noun

urso (accusative singular urson, plural ursoj, accusative plural ursojn)

1. bear

Hypernyms

• karnomanĝulo (“a carnivore”)

Hyponyms

• virurso (“male bear”)
• ursido (“bear cub”)
• ursino (“female bear”)

Holonyms

• ursaro (“a sleuth of bears”)

Derived terms

• (astronomy) la Granda Urso (Ursa Major)
• (astronomy) la Malgranda Urso (Ursa Minor)
• ursa (“ursine”)

Finnish

Etymology

From English urson.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈurso/, [ˈurs̠o̞]
• Rhymes: -urso
• Syllabification^(key): ur‧so

Noun

urso

1. North American porcupine, Canadian porcupine, Erethizon dorsatum

Declension

Inflection of urso (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		urso	ursot
genitive		urson	ursojen
partitive		ursoa	ursoja
illative		ursoon	ursoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		urso	ursot
accusative	nom.	urso	ursot
	gen.	urson
genitive		urson	ursojen
partitive		ursoa	ursoja
inessive		ursossa	ursoissa
elative		ursosta	ursoista
illative		ursoon	ursoihin
adessive		ursolla	ursoilla
ablative		ursolta	ursoilta
allative		ursolle	ursoille
essive		ursona	ursoina
translative		ursoksi	ursoiksi
abessive		ursotta	ursoitta
instructive		—	ursoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of urso (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative ursoni ursoni accusative nom. ursoni ursoni gen. ursoni genitive ursoni ursojeni partitive ursoani ursojani inessive ursossani ursoissani elative ursostani ursoistani illative ursooni ursoihini adessive ursollani ursoillani ablative ursoltani ursoiltani allative ursolleni ursoilleni essive ursonani ursoinani translative ursokseni ursoikseni abessive ursottani ursoittani instructive — — comitative — ursoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative ursosi ursosi accusative nom. ursosi ursosi gen. ursosi genitive ursosi ursojesi partitive ursoasi ursojasi inessive ursossasi ursoissasi elative ursostasi ursoistasi illative ursoosi ursoihisi adessive ursollasi ursoillasi ablative ursoltasi ursoiltasi allative ursollesi ursoillesi essive ursonasi ursoinasi translative ursoksesi ursoiksesi abessive ursottasi ursoittasi instructive — — comitative — ursoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative ursomme ursomme accusative nom. ursomme ursomme gen. ursomme genitive ursomme ursojemme partitive ursoamme ursojamme inessive ursossamme ursoissamme elative ursostamme ursoistamme illative ursoomme ursoihimme adessive ursollamme ursoillamme ablative ursoltamme ursoiltamme allative ursollemme ursoillemme essive ursonamme ursoinamme translative ursoksemme ursoiksemme abessive ursottamme ursoittamme instructive — — comitative — ursoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative ursonne ursonne accusative nom. ursonne ursonne gen. ursonne genitive ursonne ursojenne partitive ursoanne ursojanne inessive ursossanne ursoissanne elative ursostanne ursoistanne illative ursoonne ursoihinne adessive ursollanne ursoillanne ablative ursoltanne ursoiltanne allative ursollenne ursoillenne essive ursonanne ursoinanne translative ursoksenne ursoiksenne abessive ursottanne ursoittanne instructive — — comitative — ursoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative ursonsa ursonsa accusative nom. ursonsa ursonsa gen. ursonsa genitive ursonsa ursojensa partitive ursoaan ursoansa ursojaan ursojansa inessive ursossaan ursossansa ursoissaan ursoissansa elative ursostaan ursostansa ursoistaan ursoistansa illative ursoonsa ursoihinsa adessive ursollaan ursollansa ursoillaan ursoillansa ablative ursoltaan ursoltansa ursoiltaan ursoiltansa allative ursolleen ursollensa ursoilleen ursoillensa essive ursonaan ursonansa ursoinaan ursoinansa translative ursokseen ursoksensa ursoikseen ursoiksensa abessive ursottaan ursottansa ursoittaan ursoittansa instructive — — comitative — ursoineen ursoinensa

Synonyms

• kanadanpuupiikkisika (dated)

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto urso, Italian orso, French ours, Spanish oso and English ursid, all ultimately from Latin ursus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈur.so/

Noun

urso (plural ursi)

1. bear

Hyponyms

• ursino (“female bear, bear sow”)
• ursulo (“male bear, bear boar”)
• uryuno (“bear cub”)

Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuɾ.so/

Noun

urso (plural ursos)

1. bear
   • 1958, Science News, page 404:

     In le passato, un maximo annual de 50 ursos polar esseva occidite per chassatores human. In 1957, le total esseva 206, gratias (o forsan: disgratias) al aeroplano que rende possibile le persecution del ursos mesmo quande illos ha prendite refugio super insulas de glacia flottante.

     In the past, an annual maximum of 50 polar bears had been killed by human hunters. In 1957, the total was 206, thanks (or maybe: no thanks) to the aeroplane that renders the persecution of bears possibile even when they have taken refuge on ice floes.

   • 1967 May, Rodman Wilson, “Bear Meat Trichinosis: Profound Serum Protein Alterations, Minor Eosinophilia, and Response to Thiabendazole”, in Annals of Internal Medicine, volume 66, number 5, page 970:

     Un femina residente de Alaska, de 22 annos de etate, mangiava mal cocite carne de urso in un bizarre tentativa a suicidio.

     A woman, resident of Alaska, 22 years old, ate poorly cooked bear meat in a bizarre suicide attempt.

Latin

Noun

ursō m

1. dative/ablative singular of ursus

Portuguese

urso (Ursus arctos arctos)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ursus (“bear”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥tḱos (“bear”). Displaced the inherited doublet usso.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈuʁ.su/ [ˈuh.su]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈuʁ.su/ [ˈuh.su]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈuɾ.su/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈuʁ.su/ [ˈuχ.su]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈuɻ.so/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈuɾ.su/

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈuh.su/
• Hyphenation: ur‧so

Noun

urso m (plural ursos, feminine ursa, feminine plural ursas)

1. bear (a member of the family Ursidae)
2. puss caterpillar (larva of the genus Podalia)

   Synonym: chapéu-armado

3. (figurative) hairy man
4. (figurative) unsociable person, misanthrope

   Synonym: bicho do mato

5. (figurative) individual who is the target of mockery
6. (gay slang) bear

   Antonym: barbie

7. (Portugal, university slang) brilliant student

Derived terms

• abraço de urso
• piurso
• ursídeo
• ursinho (“diminutive”)
• ursinho de pelúcia
• urso-beiçudo
• urso-branco
• urso-cinzento
• urso-das-cavernas
• urso-de-colar
• urso-de-kodiak
• urso-de-óculos
• urso-de-ussuri
• urso-do-atlas
• urso-europeu
• urso-formigueiro
• urso-lua
• urso-malaio
• urso-negro
• urso-negro-americano
• urso-negro-asiático
• urso-panda
• urso-pardo
• urso-polar
• urso-preguiça
• urso-siríaco

 

Further reading

• “urso” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “urso” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “urso” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “urso” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.