fur
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fur
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
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.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /fɜː(ɹ)/
- (General American) enPR: fûr, IPA(key): /fɝ/
- (Scotland) IPA(key): /fʌr/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)
- Homophone: fir
Noun edit
fur (countable and uncountable, plural furs)
- (uncountable) The hairy coat of various mammal species, especially when fine, soft and thick.
- (uncountable) The hairy skins of animals used as a material for clothing.
- (countable) An animal pelt used to make, trim or line clothing.
- During the colonial period, Britain used Canada as a major source of furs.
- (countable) A garment made of fur.
- November 17, 1716, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, letter to the Countess of Mar
- wrapped up in my furs
- November 17, 1716, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, letter to the Countess of Mar
- (uncountable) A coating, lining resembling fur in function and/or appearance.
- (uncountable) A thick pile of fabric.
- (uncountable) The soft, downy covering on the skin of a peach.
- (uncountable) The deposit formed on the interior of boilers and other vessels by hard water.
- (uncountable) The layer of epithelial debris on a tongue.
- (countable) (heraldry) One of several patterns or diapers used as tinctures, such as ermine and vair.
- (hunting, uncountable) Rabbits and hares, as opposed to partridges and pheasants (called feathers).
- (countable) 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."
- (informal, uncountable) Human body hair, especially when abundant.
- (vulgar, slang, uncountable) Pubic hair.
- (vulgar, slang, uncountable) Sexual attractiveness.
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Translations edit
hairy coat of a mammal, especially when fine, soft and thick
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hairy skin processed to serve as clothing
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pelt used to make, trim or line clothing apparel
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coating resembling fur
layer of epithelial debris
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Verb edit
fur (third-person singular simple present furs, present participle furring, simple past and past participle furred)
- (transitive) To cover with fur or a fur-like coating.
- (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.
- (transitive, construction) To level a surface by applying furring to it.
- Synonym: fur out
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
to cover with fur
Etymology 2 edit
Conjunction edit
fur
Preposition edit
fur
- 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.
Anagrams edit
Aromanian edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Vulgar Latin fūrō, from Latin fūror. Compare Romanian fura, fur.
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Verb edit
fur first-singular present indicative (third-person singular present indicative furã, past participle furatã)
- to steal
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Etymology 2 edit
From Latin fūr. Compare archaic Daco-Romanian fur.
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Noun edit
fur m (plural furi)
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Catalan edit
Etymology edit
From Old Catalan for, from Latin forum. Doublet of fòrum, a learned borrowing.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fur m (plural furs)
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Further reading edit
- “fur” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Dalmatian edit
Verb edit
fur
- Alternative form of facro
Conjugation edit
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 | ||||
French edit
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Noun edit
fur m (plural not attested)
- Only used in au fur et à mesure (“to an equitable extent”)
Further reading edit
- “fur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Italic *fōr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰṓr, from the root *bʰer- (“to carry”) (see ferō). Cognate with Ancient Greek φώρ (phṓr).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fūr m or f (genitive fūris); third declension
- A thief
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | fūr | fūrēs |
| Genitive | fūris | fūrum |
| Dative | fūrī | fūribus |
| Accusative | fūrem | fūrēs |
| Ablative | fūre | fūribus |
| Vocative | fūr | fūrēs |
Related terms edit
- fūrtīvus (adjective)
- fūrtum (noun)
- fūrtim (adverb)
- fūror (verb)
- homo trium litterarum ("man of three letters," euphemism for fur)
Descendants edit
- Aromanian: fur
- Italian: furo
- Old Occitan:
- Romanian: fur
- ⇒ Late Latin: fūrō, fūrōnis (“thief”)
- ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *furittum (“petty thief”)
References edit
- “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 Dutch edit
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Preposition edit
fur
- for
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Polish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fur f
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin fūr, from Proto-Italic *fōr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰṓr, from the root *bʰer- (“to carry”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
fur
Noun edit
fur m (plural furi)
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Somali edit
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fur
Swedish edit
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Noun edit
fur c (uncountable)
Synonyms edit
- (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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Welsh edit
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /vɨːr/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /viːr/
Noun edit
fur
- Soft mutation of mur.
Mutation edit
| 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. | |||