cauri
English
editNoun
editcauri (plural cauris)
- A former monetary subdivision, equivalent to one hundredth of a Guinean syli.
- An extremely tall tree found exclusively in New Zealand, the kauri.
- A type of seashell found on the western coast of the African continent.
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editCatalan
editEtymology
editUltimately from Hindi कौड़ी (kauṛī, “cowry”), perhaps via English or French.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcauri m (plural cauris)
- cowrie (all senses)
Synonyms
edit- (member of the family Cypraeidae): porcellana
French
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Hindi कौड़ी (kauṛī, “cowry”), from Sanskrit कपर्द (kaparda, “cowry”); also from English cowry.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcauri m (plural cauris)
- cowrie, money cowry
- 2009, Alain Mabanckou, Black Bazar, Seuil, page 151:
- Elle avait des tresses vertes et blanches avec des cauris comme celles de Venus et Serena Williams qui jouaient alors à Roland-Garros.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading
edit- “cauri”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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editVerb
editcaurī
Latvian
editAdverb
editcauri
- through; adverbial form of caurs
- (preposition-like, with dative) through, from one side to the other (crossing places, space, etc.)
- iziet cauri priekšnamam ― to exit through the hallway
- viņi jau bija mežam cauri ― they had already been through the forest
- rakties aizsprostam cauri ― to dig through the dam
- izdurt papīram cauri ― to pierce a hole through the paper
- (often preposition-like, with dative) through (despite, unhindered by, not kept in place by)
- stikls tik netīrs, ka neredz cauri ― the glass is so dirty that one can't see through (it)
- cauri aizkariem spiežas gaisma ― the light shines through the curtains
- jumtam cauri sūcas ūdens ― water is seeping through the roof
- trauksmes signāls skan cauri vētrai ― the alarm signal sounds through the storm
- kliedzieni dzirdami troksnim cauri ― shots heard through the noise
- laist cauri ― to let (something) through, not stop it
- lietus mētelis laiž ūdeni cauri — the raincoat lets water through
- through (entirely; without interruption; through all relevant objects)
- vairākkārt lasīt cauri ― to read it through several times
- sniga visu nakti cauri ― it snowed all night long, the whole night through
- strādāt visu dienu cauri ― to work all day long, the whole day through
- skatīt cauri iesniegtos dokumentus ― to read through (all) the submitted documents
- finished, done, through, over
- brīvdienas jau cauri ― the holidays are already over
- šis darbs nu ir cauri ― this work is now over
- lasīt, kamēr grāmata cauri ― to read until the book is finished
Synonyms
edit- (through, across, despite): caur
Adjective
editcauri
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