saur
English
Etymology 1
Inherited from Middle English *saur, variant of sour (“mud”), from Old Norse saurr.
Noun
saur
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “saur”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Etymology 2
Noun
saur (plural saurs)
- Alternative form of 'saur (“a dinosaur”)
Anagrams
Dalmatian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin soror, with the variant form seraur deriving from the Latin accusative form sorōrem. Compare Romanian soră, suroră, sor, Italian suora, Old Italian suoro, French soeur, Old Spanish seror, Spanish sor, Friulian sûr, Romansch sora, sour.
Noun
saur f
French
Etymology
From Middle French saur, from Old French sor, from Frankish *sōri, *saur (“dry”), from Proto-Germanic *sauzaz (“dry, parched”). Cognate with Old English sēar (“dry”). More at sear.
Pronunciation
Adjective
saur (feminine saure, masculine plural saurs, feminine plural saures)
Derived terms
- hareng saur (“kipper”)
Further reading
- “saur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Gothic
Romanization
saur
- Romanization of 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐍂
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse saurr, from Proto-Germanic *sauraz.
Pronunciation
Noun
saur m (genitive singular saurs, no plural)
Declension
Synonyms
- (dirt): óhreinindi, saurindi, skítur
- (feces): skítur (vulgar), kúkur (informal)
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