jura

See also: Jura, jurá, jūra, jūrā, and jūrą

Catalan

Verb

jura

1. third-person singular present indicative form of jurar
2. second-person singular imperative form of jurar

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈjura]

Noun

jura f

1. (geology) Jurassic

Further reading

• jura in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
• jura in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin iūra, nominative plural of iūs (“law, right”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /juːra/, [ˈjuːɑ]

Noun

jura c (singular definite juraen, not used in plural form)

1. law (the practice and profession of law)

   Hun læser jura.

   She studies law.

Inflection

Declension of jura

common gender	Singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	jura	juraen
genitive	juras	juraens

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒy.ʁa/

• Audio

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Verb

jura

1. third-person singular past historic of jurer

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Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese jurar.

Verb

jura

1. swear, promise

References

• Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN

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Latin

Noun

jūra

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of jūs

References

• “jura”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• “jura”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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Latvian

Noun

jura f (4th declension)

1. Jurassic

Declension

Declension of jura (4th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	jura	juras
accusative (akuzatīvs)	juru	juras
genitive (ģenitīvs)	juras	juru
dative (datīvs)	jurai	jurām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	juru	jurām
locative (lokatīvs)	jurā	jurās
vocative (vokatīvs)	jura	juras

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

jura n

1. definite plural of jur

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈju.ra/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ura
• Syllabification: ju‧ra

Noun

jura f

1. Jurassic

Declension

Declension of jura

	singular
nominative	jura
genitive	jury
dative	jurze
accusative	jurę
instrumental	jurą
locative	jurze
vocative	juro

Derived terms

• jurajski

 

Further reading

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

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʒu.ɾɐ/, [ˈʒu.ɾɐ]

• Hyphenation: ju‧ra
• Rhymes: -uɾɐ

Noun

jura f (plural juras)

1. an oath

   Synonym: juramento

Verb

jura

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of jurar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of jurar

Interjection

jura?

1. really? (sarcastically indicating that something was obvious)

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latin jūrāre, iūrāre, present active infinitive of iūrō (“swear or take an oath”), from Proto-Italic *jowezāō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒuˈra/

• Audio

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Verb

a jura (third-person singular present jură, past participle jurat) 1st conj.

1. (transitive, reflexive) to swear; to vow

Conjugation

    conjugation of jura (first conjugation, no infix)

infinitive			a jura
gerund			jurând
past participle			jurat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	jur	juri	jură	jurăm	jurați	jură
	imperfect	juram	jurai	jura	juram	jurați	jurau
	simple perfect	jurai	jurași	jură	jurarăm	jurarăți	jurară
	pluperfect	jurasem	juraseși	jurase	juraserăm	juraserăți	juraseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să jur	să juri	să jure	să jurăm	să jurați	să jure
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		jură			jurați
	negative		nu jura			nu jurați

Synonyms

• a se făgădui
• a se jurui
• a sufleți

Derived terms

• jurare

Related terms

• înjura
• jurământ
• jurător

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Spanish

Etymology

From jurar (“to swear”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxuɾa/, [ˈxu.ɾa]

Noun

jura f (uncountable)

1. oath, swearing
2. (dated, slang, El Salvador) the police institution, especially the military police before the 1992 Peace Accords

   Synonym: (El Salvador, Northern Mexico) chota

Verb

jura

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of jurar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of jurar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of jurar.

Further reading

• “jura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014