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aura

See also: Aura, AURA, àura, aură, aurá, and aurą

English edit

Etymology edit

    Borrowed from Latin aura (“a breeze, a breath of air, the air”), from Ancient Greek αὔρα (aúra, “breeze, soft wind”), from ἀήρ (aḗr, “air”). Doublet of east, auster, air, and aria. The slang sense originated in the early 2020s and was popularized on TikTok around May 2024.[1]

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    Noun edit

    aura (countable and uncountable, plural aurae or auræ or auras)

    1. A distinctive atmosphere or quality associated with something.
      Synonyms: air, feeling, mood, spirit, vibe
      This place has an aura of 19th century Paris.
    2. (parapsychology) An invisible force surrounding a living creature.
    3. (medicine) A perceptual disturbance experienced by some migraine sufferers before a migraine headache.
    4. (medicine) A telltale sensation experienced by some people with epilepsy before a seizure.
    6. (uncountable, Internet slang) A charismatic and dominant presence (of a person).
      He has insane aura.
      • 2023 December 20, @sugarsmorecake, Twitter‎[1], archived from the original on 6 June 2024:
        Tht Nigga [Adolf Hitler] has no aura He dress like a medieval Queer
      • 2024 February 26, @lfcemii, Twitter‎[2], archived from the original on 6 June 2024:
        how can he still have aura even without showing his face
      • 2024 June 2, @opaltaerae, Twitter‎[3], archived from the original on 6 June 2024:
        this genuinely shocked me omfg his aura is insane 😭
      • 2024 June 3, u/Ship_per, “What's your faves biggest aura loss?”, in Reddit‎[4], r/kpop_uncensored, archived from the original on 6 June 2024:
        My fav aura losses are rm exposing Taehyun Infront of jongkook, Yeonjun hugging the air while coi leray was hugging Beomgyu, huening doing that one dance in front of the ladies and everyone at the GDA(correct me if I'm wrong)lol

    Derived terms edit

    Translations edit

    References edit

    1. ^ “Aura (Slang)”, in Know Your Meme, launched 2007

    Further reading edit

    Anagrams edit

    Catalan edit

    Etymology edit

    Borrowed from Latin aura, from Ancient Greek αὔρα (aúra, “breeze, soft wind”). Doublet of the inherited ora.

    Pronunciation edit

    Noun edit

    aura f (plural aures)

    1. gentle breeze
      Synonym: ora
    2. popularity
    3. aura

    Further reading edit

    Dalmatian edit

    Noun edit

    aura f (plural aure)

    1. Alternative form of jaura

    Dutch edit

    Etymology edit

    Borrowed from Latin aura, from Ancient Greek αὔρα (aúra).

    Pronunciation edit

    • IPA(key): /ˈɑu̯.raː/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Hyphenation: au‧ra

    Noun edit

    aura f (plural aura's, diminutive auraatje n)

    1. aura

    Finnish edit

    Pronunciation edit

    • IPA(key): /ˈɑu̯rɑ/, [ˈɑ̝u̯rɑ̝]
    • Rhymes: -ɑurɑ
    • Syllabification(key): au‧ra

    Etymology 1 edit

     
    Traditional kehäaura

    From Proto-Finnic *atra (compare Estonian ader), borrowed from Proto-Germanic *arþrą (compare Old Norse arðr), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂érh₃trom.

    Noun edit

    aura

    1. plough, plow (agricultural tool)
      Synonym: kyntöaura
      Isäntä kynti peltoa uudella viisisiipisellä auralla.
      The householder ploughed the field with a new five-blade plough.
    2. plough, plow (device used to clear snow)
      Synonym: lumiaura
    3. wedge (group of birds flying in a V-shaped formation)
    4. (skiing, ski jumping) wedge (pointing the skis inwards to slow down)
    Declension edit
    Inflection of aura (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
    nominative aura aurat
    genitive auran aurojen
    partitive auraa auroja
    illative auraan auroihin
    singular plural
    nominative aura aurat
    accusative nom. aura aurat
    gen. auran
    genitive auran aurojen
    aurain rare
    partitive auraa auroja
    inessive aurassa auroissa
    elative aurasta auroista
    illative auraan auroihin
    adessive auralla auroilla
    ablative auralta auroilta
    allative auralle auroille
    essive aurana auroina
    translative auraksi auroiksi
    abessive auratta auroitta
    instructive — auroin
    comitative See the possessive forms below.
    Possessive forms of aura (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
    first-person singular possessor
    singular plural
    nominative aurani aurani
    accusative nom. aurani aurani
    gen. aurani
    genitive aurani aurojeni
    auraini rare
    partitive auraani aurojani
    inessive aurassani auroissani
    elative aurastani auroistani
    illative auraani auroihini
    adessive aurallani auroillani
    ablative auraltani auroiltani
    allative auralleni auroilleni
    essive auranani auroinani
    translative aurakseni auroikseni
    abessive aurattani auroittani
    instructive — —
    comitative — auroineni
    second-person singular possessor
    singular plural
    nominative aurasi aurasi
    accusative nom. aurasi aurasi
    gen. aurasi
    genitive aurasi aurojesi
    auraisi rare
    partitive auraasi aurojasi
    inessive aurassasi auroissasi
    elative aurastasi auroistasi
    illative auraasi auroihisi
    adessive aurallasi auroillasi
    ablative auraltasi auroiltasi
    allative aurallesi auroillesi
    essive auranasi auroinasi
    translative auraksesi auroiksesi
    abessive aurattasi auroittasi
    instructive — —
    comitative — auroinesi
    first-person plural possessor
    singular plural
    nominative auramme auramme
    accusative nom. auramme auramme
    gen. auramme
    genitive auramme aurojemme
    auraimme rare
    partitive auraamme aurojamme
    inessive aurassamme auroissamme
    elative aurastamme auroistamme
    illative auraamme auroihimme
    adessive aurallamme auroillamme
    ablative auraltamme auroiltamme
    allative aurallemme auroillemme
    essive auranamme auroinamme
    translative auraksemme auroiksemme
    abessive aurattamme auroittamme
    instructive — —
    comitative — auroinemme
    second-person plural possessor
    singular plural
    nominative auranne auranne
    accusative nom. auranne auranne
    gen. auranne
    genitive auranne aurojenne
    aurainne rare
    partitive auraanne aurojanne
    inessive aurassanne auroissanne
    elative aurastanne auroistanne
    illative auraanne auroihinne
    adessive aurallanne auroillanne
    ablative auraltanne auroiltanne
    allative aurallenne auroillenne
    essive aurananne auroinanne
    translative auraksenne auroiksenne
    abessive aurattanne auroittanne
    instructive — —
    comitative — auroinenne
    third-person possessor
    singular plural
    nominative auransa auransa
    accusative nom. auransa auransa
    gen. auransa
    genitive auransa aurojensa
    aurainsa rare
    partitive auraansa aurojaan
    aurojansa
    inessive aurassaan
    aurassansa     		auroissaan
    auroissansa
    elative aurastaan
    aurastansa     		auroistaan
    auroistansa
    illative auraansa auroihinsa
    adessive aurallaan
    aurallansa     		auroillaan
    auroillansa
    ablative auraltaan
    auraltansa     		auroiltaan
    auroiltansa
    allative auralleen
    aurallensa     		auroilleen
    auroillensa
    essive auranaan
    auranansa     		auroinaan
    auroinansa
    translative aurakseen
    auraksensa     		auroikseen
    auroiksensa
    abessive aurattaan
    aurattansa     		auroittaan
    auroittansa
    instructive — —
    comitative — auroineen
    auroinensa
    Derived terms edit
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    Etymology 2 edit

    Borrowed from Latin aura.

    Noun edit

    aura

    1. aura
    Declension edit
    Inflection of aura (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
    nominative aura aurat
    genitive auran aurojen
    partitive auraa auroja
    illative auraan auroihin
    singular plural
    nominative aura aurat
    accusative nom. aura aurat
    gen. auran
    genitive auran aurojen
    aurain rare
    partitive auraa auroja
    inessive aurassa auroissa
    elative aurasta auroista
    illative auraan auroihin
    adessive auralla auroilla
    ablative auralta auroilta
    allative auralle auroille
    essive aurana auroina
    translative auraksi auroiksi
    abessive auratta auroitta
    instructive — auroin
    comitative See the possessive forms below.
    Possessive forms of aura (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
    first-person singular possessor
    singular plural
    nominative aurani aurani
    accusative nom. aurani aurani
    gen. aurani
    genitive aurani aurojeni
    auraini rare
    partitive auraani aurojani
    inessive aurassani auroissani
    elative aurastani auroistani
    illative auraani auroihini
    adessive aurallani auroillani
    ablative auraltani auroiltani
    allative auralleni auroilleni
    essive auranani auroinani
    translative aurakseni auroikseni
    abessive aurattani auroittani
    instructive — —
    comitative — auroineni
    second-person singular possessor
    singular plural
    nominative aurasi aurasi
    accusative nom. aurasi aurasi
    gen. aurasi
    genitive aurasi aurojesi
    auraisi rare
    partitive auraasi aurojasi
    inessive aurassasi auroissasi
    elative aurastasi auroistasi
    illative auraasi auroihisi
    adessive aurallasi auroillasi
    ablative auraltasi auroiltasi
    allative aurallesi auroillesi
    essive auranasi auroinasi
    translative auraksesi auroiksesi
    abessive aurattasi auroittasi
    instructive — —
    comitative — auroinesi
    first-person plural possessor
    singular plural
    nominative auramme auramme
    accusative nom. auramme auramme
    gen. auramme
    genitive auramme aurojemme
    auraimme rare
    partitive auraamme aurojamme
    inessive aurassamme auroissamme
    elative aurastamme auroistamme
    illative auraamme auroihimme
    adessive aurallamme auroillamme
    ablative auraltamme auroiltamme
    allative aurallemme auroillemme
    essive auranamme auroinamme
    translative auraksemme auroiksemme
    abessive aurattamme auroittamme
    instructive — —
    comitative — auroinemme
    second-person plural possessor
    singular plural
    nominative auranne auranne
    accusative nom. auranne auranne
    gen. auranne
    genitive auranne aurojenne
    aurainne rare
    partitive auraanne aurojanne
    inessive aurassanne auroissanne
    elative aurastanne auroistanne
    illative auraanne auroihinne
    adessive aurallanne auroillanne
    ablative auraltanne auroiltanne
    allative aurallenne auroillenne
    essive aurananne auroinanne
    translative auraksenne auroiksenne
    abessive aurattanne auroittanne
    instructive — —
    comitative — auroinenne
    third-person possessor
    singular plural
    nominative auransa auransa
    accusative nom. auransa auransa
    gen. auransa
    genitive auransa aurojensa
    aurainsa rare
    partitive auraansa aurojaan
    aurojansa
    inessive aurassaan
    aurassansa     		auroissaan
    auroissansa
    elative aurastaan
    aurastansa     		auroistaan
    auroistansa
    illative auraansa auroihinsa
    adessive aurallaan
    aurallansa     		auroillaan
    auroillansa
    ablative auraltaan
    auraltansa     		auroiltaan
    auroiltansa
    allative auralleen
    aurallensa     		auroilleen
    auroillensa
    essive auranaan
    auranansa     		auroinaan
    auroinansa
    translative aurakseen
    auraksensa     		auroikseen
    auroiksensa
    abessive aurattaan
    aurattansa     		auroittaan
    auroittansa
    instructive — —
    comitative — auroineen
    auroinensa
    Further reading edit

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    Pronunciation edit

    Etymology 1 edit

    Borrowed from Latin aura.

    Noun edit

    aura f (plural auras)

    1. aura

    Etymology 2 edit

    Verb edit

    aura

    1. third-person singular future of avoir

    Further reading edit

    Hungarian edit

    Etymology edit

    Borrowed from Latin aura (“breeze, smell”).

    Pronunciation edit

    • IPA(key): [ˈɒurɒ]
    • Hyphenation: au‧ra
    • Rhymes: -rɒ

    Noun edit

    aura (plural aurák)

    1. aura

    Declension edit

    Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
    singular plural
    nominative aura aurák
    accusative aurát aurákat
    dative aurának auráknak
    instrumental aurával aurákkal
    causal-final auráért aurákért
    translative aurává aurákká
    terminative auráig aurákig
    essive-formal auraként aurákként
    essive-modal — —
    inessive aurában aurákban
    superessive aurán aurákon
    adessive auránál auráknál
    illative aurába aurákba
    sublative aurára aurákra
    allative aurához aurákhoz
    elative aurából aurákból
    delative auráról aurákról
    ablative aurától auráktól
    non-attributive
    possessive - singular         		auráé auráké
    non-attributive
    possessive - plural         		auráéi aurákéi
    Possessive forms of aura
    possessor single possession multiple possessions
    1st person sing. aurám auráim
    2nd person sing. aurád auráid
    3rd person sing. aurája aurái
    1st person plural auránk auráink
    2nd person plural aurátok auráitok
    3rd person plural aurájuk auráik

    Further reading edit

    • aura in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

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    Etymology edit

    From English aura, from Latin aura (“a breeze, a breath of air, the air”), from Ancient Greek αὔρα (aúra, “breeze, soft wind”), from ἀήρ (aḗr, “air”).

    Pronunciation edit

    • IPA(key): [ˈau̯ra]
    • Hyphenation: au‧ra

    Noun edit

    aura (plural a-, first-person possessive auraku, second-person possessive auramu, third-person possessive auranya)

    1. aura,
      1. an invisible force surrounding a living creature.
      2. (medicine) perceptual disturbance experienced by some migraine sufferers before a migraine headache.
      3. (medicine) telltale sensation experienced by some people with epilepsy before a seizure.

    Further reading edit

    Italian edit

    Etymology edit

    Borrowed from Latin aura, from Ancient Greek αὔρα (aúra, “breeze, soft wind”). Doublet of the inherited ora.

    Pronunciation edit

    • IPA(key): /ˈaw.ra/
    • Rhymes: -awra
    • Hyphenation: àu‧ra

    Noun edit

    aura f (plural aure)

    1. aura
    2. light breeze

    Latin edit

    Etymology edit

    From Ancient Greek αὔρα (aúra).

    Pronunciation edit

    Noun edit

    aura f (genitive aurae); first declension

    1. air
    2. breeze
      • 13 CE, Ovid, Epistulae ex Ponto 2.3.25–28:
        Ēn ego, nōn paucīs quondam mūnītus amīcīs,
             dum flāvit vēlīs aura secunda meīs,
        ut fera nimbōsō tumuērunt aequora ventō,
             in mediīs lacerā nāve relinquor aquīs.
        Behold me! once supported by many friends—while a favouring breeze filled my sails now that the wild seas have been swelled by the stormy wind, I am abandoned on a shattered bark in the midst of the waters.

    Declension edit

    First-declension noun.

    Case Singular Plural
    Nominative aura aurae
    Genitive aurae aurārum
    Dative aurae aurīs
    Accusative auram aurās
    Ablative aurā aurīs
    Vocative aura aurae

    Synonyms edit

    Descendants edit

    • Balkan Romance:
      • Aromanian: avrã
    • Italo-Romance:
      • Italian: ora (ety. 3)
    • North Italian:
    • Gallo-Romance:
    • Ibero-Romance:
    • Vulgar Latin: (see there for further descendants)

    Unsorted borrowings:

    References edit

    • “aura”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • aura in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[7], London: Macmillan and Co.
      • popular favour; popularity: aura favoris popularis (Liv. 22. 26)
      • popular favour; popularity: aura popularis (Harusp. 18. 43)
      • to court popularity: auram popularem captare (Liv. 3. 33)
      • a popular man: aurae popularis homo (Liv. 42. 30)
      • to use some one's unpopularity as a means of making oneself popular: ex invidia alicuius auram popularem petere (Liv. 22. 26)

    Old Norse edit

    Etymology edit

    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Noun edit

    aura

    1. accusative plural of eyrir
    2. genitive plural of eyrir

    Polish edit

     
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    Etymology edit

    Learned borrowing from Latin aura.

    Pronunciation edit

    Noun edit

    aura f

    1. aura (distinctive atmosphere or quality associated with something)
      Synonyms: atmosfera, klimat, nastrój
    2. (meteorology) weather (distinctive atmosphere)
      Synonym: pogoda
    3. (medicine) aura (telltale sensation experienced by some people with epilepsy before a seizure)
    4. (parapsychology) aura (an invisible force surrounding a living creature)
      Synonym: pole biologiczne

    Declension edit

    Declension of aura
    singular plural
    nominative aura aury
    genitive aury aur
    dative aurze aurom
    accusative aurę aury
    instrumental aurą aurami
    locative aurze aurach
    vocative auro aury

    Further reading edit

    • aura in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
    • aura in Polish dictionaries at PWN

    Portuguese edit

    Etymology edit

    Learned borrowing from Latin aura, from Ancient Greek αὔρα (aúra, “breeze, soft wind”). Doublet of oura, which was inherited.

    Pronunciation edit

     
    • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈaw.ɾɐ/ [ˈaʊ̯.ɾɐ]
      • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈaw.ɾa/ [ˈaʊ̯.ɾa]

    • Rhymes: -awɾɐ
    • Hyphenation: au‧ra

    Noun edit

    aura f (plural auras)

    1. aura (an invisible force surrounding a living creature)

    Romansch edit

    Alternative forms edit

    Etymology edit

    Inherited from Latin aura.

    Noun edit

    aura f

    1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) weather

    Spanish edit

    Pronunciation edit

    • IPA(key): /ˈauɾa/ [ˈau̯.ɾa]
    • Rhymes: -auɾa
    • Syllabification: au‧ra

    Etymology 1 edit

    Borrowed from Latin aura, from Ancient Greek αὔρα (aúra, “breeze, soft wind”).

    Noun edit

    aura f (plural auras)

    1. aura

    Etymology 2 edit

    Noun edit

    aura f (plural auras)

    1. the turkey vulture and related species in the genus Cathartes, carrion-eating birds native to the Americas

    Usage notes edit

    • Feminine nouns beginning with stressed /ˈa/ like this one regularly take the singular articles el and un, usually reserved for masculine nouns.
      el aura, un aura
    • They maintain the usual feminine singular articles la and una if an adjective intervenes between the article and the noun.

    Further reading edit

    Swedish edit

    Etymology edit

    Borrowed from Latin aura (“a breeze, a breath of air, the air”), from Ancient Greek αὔρα (aúra, “breeze, soft wind”), from ἀήρ (aḗr, “air”). Doublet of aria.

    Pronunciation edit

    Noun edit

    aura c

    1. aura

    Declension edit

    Declension of aura 
    Singular Plural
    Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
    Nominative aura auran auror aurorna
    Genitive auras aurans aurors aurornas

    References edit

    Weyewa edit

    Noun edit

    aura

    1. (Loli) vow, oath, pledge

    References edit

    • Lobu Ori, S,Pd, M.Pd (2010) “aura”, in Kamus Bahasa Lolina [Dictionary of the Loli Language] (in Indonesian), Waikabubak: Kepala Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Barat
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