urine
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English uryne, from Latin ūrīna (“urine”), from Proto-Indo-European *uh₁r-, zero grade of *weh₁r- (“water, liquid, milk”). Related to *h₁ewHdʰr̥- (see udder).[1] Cognate with Old English ūriġ (“wet, moist”). Displaced native English land (“urine”), (Middle English land, from Old English hland (“urine”)).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: yo͝orʹĭn, yo͝orʹīn, IPA(key): /ˈjʊəɹɪn/, /ˈjʊəɹaɪn/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) enPR: yo͝orʹĭn, yûrʹĭn, IPA(key): /ˈjʊɹɪn/, /ˈjɝɪn/
- (General Australian) enPR: yo͝orʹĭn, IPA(key): /ˈjʉːəɹɪn/
- Rhymes: -ʊəɹɪn
Noun edit
urine (usually uncountable, plural urines)
- (physiology) Liquid waste consisting of water, salts, and urea, which is made in the kidneys, stored in the bladder, then released through the urethra.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:urine
- 2013 June 1, “A better waterworks”, in The Economist[1], volume 407, number 8838, page 5 (Technology Quarterly):
- An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine.
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Verb edit
urine (third-person singular simple present urines, present participle urining, simple past and past participle urined)
- (archaic) To urinate.
- 1814, The Medical and Physical Journal, volume 31, page 226:
- He got out of bed every time he urined, or tried to urine.
References edit
Further reading edit
- “urine”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “urine”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “urine”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch urine, from older orine, from Old French orine, urine, from Latin urina.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
urine f (plural urines)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Indonesian: urine
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French urine, from Old French orine (modified per the Latin word), from Latin urīna. Old French orine likely derived from a Vulgar Latin *aurīna, influenced by aurum (“gold”). Compare Italian orina.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
urine f (plural urines)
Verb edit
urine
- inflection of uriner:
Further reading edit
- “urine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch urine, from Middle Dutch urine, from older orine, from Old French orine, urine, from Latin urina.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
urinê (first-person possessive urineku, second-person possessive urinemu, third-person possessive urinenya)
- (physiology) urine: liquid waste consisting of water, salts, and urea, which is made in the kidneys, stored in the bladder, then released through the urethra.
Alternative forms edit
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “urine” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Ingrian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈurine/, [ˈurin]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈuriːne/, [ˈurˑiːne̞]
- Rhymes: -urin, -uriːne
- Hyphenation: u‧ri‧ne
Noun edit
urine
- purring (of a cat)
Declension edit
Declension of urine (type 6/lähe, no gradation) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | urine | urineet |
genitive | urineen | urinein |
partitive | urinetta | urineita |
illative | urineesse | urineisse |
inessive | urinees | urineis |
elative | urineest | urineist |
allative | urineelle | urineille |
adessive | urineel | urineil |
ablative | urineelt | urineilt |
translative | urineeks | urineiks |
essive | urineenna, urineen | urineinna, urinein |
exessive1) | urineent | urineint |
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. |
Related terms edit
- urissa (“to purr”)
References edit
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 625
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
urine f
Anagrams edit
Middle French edit
Etymology edit
From Old French orine, respelled urine to reflect the Latin spelling urina.
Noun edit
urine f (plural urines)
Portuguese edit
Verb edit
urine
- inflection of urinar: