sûr
See also: Appendix:Variations of "sur"
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French sceur, from Old French seür, inherited from Latin sēcūrus.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
sûr (feminine sûre or sure, masculine plural sûrs or surs, feminine plural sûres or sures)
- sure, certain
- trustworthy
- safe
- Synonym: (Canada) sécuritaire
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Seychellois Creole: sir
Further reading edit
- “sûr”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Friulian edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
sûr f (plural sûrs)
See also edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Vulgar Latin *suberum, from Latin sūber, sūberem. Compare Venetian suro, Italian sughero.
Noun edit
sûr m (plural sûrs)
Northern Kurdish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Arabic سور (sūr, “rampart”).
Noun edit
Zazaki | sor |
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sûr f
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Indo-European *sūr-. Compare Persian شور, Lithuanian sūrus, Russian соль (solʹ), English sour.
Adjective edit
Central Kurdish | سوێر (swêr) |
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Zazaki | solin |
sûr (Arabic spelling سوور)