Wiktionary

fur

See also: Fur, fúr, fûr, für, and fur.

TranslingualEdit

SymbolEdit

fur

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Friulian.

EnglishEdit

 
Furs (pelts)

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle English furre, forre, from Anglo-Norman forre, fuerre (“a case; sheath”), from Frankish *fōdar, from Proto-West Germanic *fōdr, from Proto-Germanic *fōdrą (“sheath”) (compare Old English fōdor (“sheaf”), Dutch voering (“lining”), German Futter (“lining”), Gothic 𐍆𐍉𐌳𐍂 (fōdr, “sheath”)), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-, *poh₂- (“to protect”) (compare Lithuanian piemuō (“protection”), Ancient Greek πῶυ (pôu, “flock”), πῶμα (pôma, “lid”), ποιμήν (poimḗn, “shepherd”), Old Armenian հաւրան (hawran, “herd, flock”), Northern Kurdish pawan (“to watch over”), Sanskrit पाति (pāti, “he watches, protects”).

The verb is from Middle English furren, from Anglo-Norman furrer, forrer, fourrer (“to line, stuff, fill”), from the noun.

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NounEdit

fur (countable and uncountable, plural furs)

  1. The hairy coat of various mammal species, especially when fine, soft and thick.
  2. The hairy skin of an animal processed into clothing for humans.
  3. A pelt used to make, trim or line clothing apparel.
  4. A coating, lining resembling fur in function and/or appearance.
    1. A thick pile of fabric.
    2. The soft, downy covering on the skin of a peach.
    3. The deposit formed on the interior of boilers and other vessels by hard water.
    4. The layer of epithelial debris on a tongue.
  5. (heraldry) One of several patterns or diapers used as tinctures.
  6. (hunting, uncountable) Rabbits and hares, as opposed to partridges and pheasants (called feathers).
  7. A furry; a member of the furry subculture.
    • 2006, Shari Caudron, Who Are You People?:
      "You want to know what brings furries together?" she asks. "Furs are here because they don't fit in anywhere else. For real furs, this is the only place they feel comfortable."
  8. (vulgar, slang) Pubic hair.
  9. (vulgar, slang) Sexual attractiveness.
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VerbEdit

fur (third-person singular simple present furs, present participle furring, simple past and past participle furred)

  1. (transitive) To cover with fur or a fur-like coating.
  2. (intransitive) To become covered with fur or a fur-like coating.
    • 2015, Tom Michell, The Penguin Lessons:
      The college water supply was practically undrinkable because of its salinity and the pipes furred up so rapidly that they had to be replaced every few years.
  3. (transitive, construction) To level a surface by applying furring to it.
    Synonym: fur out
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Etymology 2Edit

ConjunctionEdit

fur

  1. Pronunciation spelling of for.

PrepositionEdit

fur

  1. Pronunciation spelling of for.
    • 1849 May – 1850 November, Charles Dickens, “The Beginning of a Longer Journey”, in The Personal History of David Copperfield, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1850, →OCLC, page 516:
      A’most the moment as she lighted heer, all so desolate, she found (as she believed) a friend; a decent woman as spoke to her about the needle-work as she had been brought up to do, about finding plenty of it fur her, about a lodging fur the night, and making secret inquiration concerning of me and all at home, to-morrow.

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AromanianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Vulgar Latin fūrō, from Latin fūror. Compare Romanian fura, fur.

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VerbEdit

fur (third-person singular present indicative furã, past participle furatã)

  1. I steal.
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Etymology 2Edit

From Latin fūr. Compare archaic Daco-Romanian fur.

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NounEdit

fur m (plural furi)

  1. thief, robber
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CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Catalan for, from Latin forum. Doublet of fòrum, a learned borrowing.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

fur m (plural furs)

  1. (law) fuero

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DalmatianEdit

VerbEdit

fur

  1. Alternative form of facro

ConjugationEdit

    Conjugation of fur
infinitive fur
gerund fundo
past participle fut
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative ju te jal/jala nu vu jali/jale
present faz fai facaja faime faite facaja
imperfect fazua fazui fazua fazume fazute fazua
perfect jai fut je fut ju fut jaime fut jaite fut ju fut
pluperfect avas fut avas fut avaja fut avaime fut avaite fut avas fut
future fura furai fura furme furte fura
conditional fure fure fure furme furte fure
subjunctive ju te jal/jala nu vu jali/jale
present faiss faiss faiss fuzme fuzte fuaza
imperfect facas facasse facassa facassaime facassaite facas
imperative — te — nu vu —
affirmative fai faime faite
negative naun fai naun faime naun faite

FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin forum.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

fur m (plural not attested)

  1. Only used in au fur et à mesure (“to an equitable extent”)

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LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Italic *fōr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰṓr, from the root *bʰer- (“to carry”) (see ferō). Cognate with Ancient Greek φώρ (phṓr).

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NounEdit

fūr m or f (genitive fūris); third declension

  1. A thief

DeclensionEdit

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative fūr fūrēs
Genitive fūris fūrum
Dative fūrī fūribus
Accusative fūrem fūrēs
Ablative fūre fūribus
Vocative fūr fūrēs

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DescendantsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • “fur”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “fur”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • fur in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • fur in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • “fur”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Old DutchEdit

Alternative formsEdit

PrepositionEdit

fur

  1. for

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PolishEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /fur/
  • Rhymes: -ur
  • Syllabification: fur

NounEdit

fur f

  1. genitive plural of fura

RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin fūr, from Proto-Italic *fōr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰṓr, from the root *bʰer- (“to carry”).

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VerbEdit

fur

  1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of fura

NounEdit

fur m (plural furi)

  1. (archaic) thief

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SomaliEdit

VerbEdit

fur

  1. open

SwedishEdit

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NounEdit

fur c (uncountable)

  1. pinewood
  2. (archaic) pine tree (in some areas chiefly about old trees)

SynonymsEdit

  • (wood): furu
  • (tree): tall (if a distinction is made between this and "fur", this will be used about younger trees), fura

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WelshEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

fur

  1. Soft mutation of mur.

MutationEdit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
mur fur unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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