fur
( international standards ) ISO 639-2 &ISO 639-3 language code forFriulian . Furs (pelts) FromMiddle English furre ,forre , fromAnglo-Norman forre ,fuerre ( “ a case; sheath ” ) , fromFrankish *fōdar , fromProto-West Germanic *fōdr , fromProto-Germanic *fōdrą ( “ sheath ” ) (compareOld English fōdor ( “ sheaf ” ) ,Dutch voering ( “ lining ” ) ,German Futter ( “ lining ” ) ,Gothic 𐍆𐍉𐌳𐍂 ( fōdr ,“ sheath ” ) ), fromProto-Indo-European *peh₂- ,*poh₂- ( “ to protect ” ) (compareLithuanian 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 fromMiddle English furren , fromAnglo-Norman furrer ,forrer ,fourrer ( “ to line, stuff, fill ” ) , from the noun.
fur (countable anduncountable ,plural furs )
( uncountable ) The hairycoat of variousmammal species, especially when fine, soft and thick.( uncountable ) Thehairy skins of animals used as a material forclothing .( countable ) An animalpelt used to make, trim or line clothing.During the colonial period, Britain used Canada as a major source offurs .
( countable ) A garment made of fur.( uncountable ) Acoating orlining resembling fur in function and/or appearance.( uncountable ) A thickpile offabric .( 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 ofepithelial debris on atongue .( heraldry , countable ) One of severalpatterns ordiapers used astinctures , such asermine andvair .( hunting , uncountable ) Rabbits andhares , as opposed topartridges andpheasants (calledfeathers ).( countable ) Afurry , a member of thefurry fandom .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 realfurs , this is the only place they feel comfortable."
( informal , uncountable ) Humanbody hair , especially when abundant.( vulgar , slang , uncountable ) Pubic hair .( vulgar , slang , uncountable ) Sexual attractiveness .hairy coat of a mammal, especially when fine, soft and thick
Albanian:gëzof (sq) m Aleut:chngax̂ Arabic:فَرْو ( farw ) Armenian:մորթի (hy) ( mortʻi ) Azerbaijani:xəz (az) Belarusian:мех m ( mjex ) ,фу́тра n ( fútra ) ,поўсць f ( poŭscʹ ) ,шэрсць f ( šerscʹ ) ,шку́ра f ( škúra ) ( pelt ) Bulgarian:козина (bg) f ( kozina ) Burmese:အမွေး (my) ( a.mwe: ) Chinese:Mandarin:毛皮 (zh) ( máopí ) Czech:srst (cs) f Danish:pels (da) c Dutch:bont (nl) n ,pels (nl) ,vacht (nl) Esperanto:( kruda ) felo (eo) Estonian:karvastik ,kasukas Finnish:turkki (fi) ,karva (fi) French:fourrure (fr) f Galician:pelaxe f Georgian:ბეწვი (ka) ( bec̣vi ) German:Fell (de) n ,Pelz (de) m ,Behaarung (de) Greek:γούνα (el) f ( goúna ) Hebrew:פרווה (he) ( parva ) Hindi:रोवां ( rovā̃ ) ,ऊर्णाजिन ( ūrṇājin ) Hungarian:szőrme (hu) ,prém (hu) ,bunda (hu) Icelandic:loðskinn (is) n Indonesian:bulu (id) Ingrian:šuuba ,pövvy Irish:fionnadh m ,clúmh m Italian:pelliccia (it) f ,vello (it) m Japanese:毛皮 (ja) ( けがわ, kegawa ) Kazakh:тері ( terı ) ,мех ( mex ) ,жүн ( jün ) Khmer:រោម (km) ( room ) ,លោម (km) ( loom ) Korean:모피(毛皮) (ko) ( mopi ) Kyrgyz:мех ( meh ) ,жүн (ky) ( jün ) Lao:ຂົນ (lo) ( khon ) Latvian:kažokāda f ,kažoks (lv) Lithuanian:kailis (lt) m Livonian:kōskõ Macedonian:крзно n ( krzno ) Malay:bulu (ms) Mbyá Guaraní:ague Mongolian:(ангийн )үс ( (angiin) üs ) ,(ангийн )арьс ( (angiin) arʹs ) Nepali:रौँ ( ra͠u ) ,झुस् ( jhus ) ,भुत्ला ( bhutlā ) ,भुवा ( bhuwā ) Norwegian:Bokmål:pels (no) m Nynorsk:pels m Ottoman Turkish:كورك ( kürk ) Persian:خز (fa) ( xaz ) ,کرک (fa) ( kork ) ,پت (fa) ( pat ) Plautdietsch:Fal n ,Pelz m Polish:futro (pl) n ,sierść (pl) f Portuguese:pelo (pt) m ,pelagem (pt) f Romanian:blană (ro) f Russian:мех (ru) m ( mex ) ,шерсть (ru) f ( šerstʹ ) ,шку́ра (ru) f ( škúra ) ( pelt ) Scottish Gaelic:bian m ,feannadh m Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:кр́зно n Roman:kŕzno (sh) n Slovak:srsť f Slovene:krzno (sl) n Spanish:pelo (es) m ,pelaje (es) m Swahili:unyoya (sw) Swedish:päls (sv) c Tajik:пашм (tg) ( pašm ) ,пӯст (tg) ( püst ) ,курк ( kurk ) ,хаз (tg) ( xaz ) Thai:ขน (th) ( kǒn ) Tibetan:please add this translation if you can Tok Pisin:gras Turkish:kürk (tr) ,post (tr) Turkmen:sütük Ukrainian:хутро́ (uk) n ( xutró ) ,ху́тро (uk) n ( xútro ) ,шерсть f ( šerstʹ ) Uyghur:يۇڭ ( yung ) ,تۈك ( tük ) ,تېرە ( tëre ) Uzbek:teri (uz) ,jun (uz) Vietnamese:lông (vi) Volapük:pläd (vo) Welsh:blew (cy) m pl White Hmong:please add this translation if you can Yiddish:פּעלץ m ( pelts ) Zhuang:please add this translation if you can
hairy skin processed to serve as clothing
pelt used to make, trim or line clothing apparel
layer of epithelial debris
Translations to be checked
fur (third-person singular simple present furs ,present participle furring ,simple past and past participle furred )
( transitive ) Tocover withfur or a fur-likecoating .( intransitive ) To become covered withfur or a fur-likecoating .2015 , Tom Michell,The Penguin Lessons :The college water supply was practically undrinkable because of its salinity and the pipesfurred up so rapidly that they had to be replaced every few years.
( transitive , construction ) Tolevel a surface by applyingfurring to it.Synonym: fur out fur
Pronunciation spelling offor .fur
Pronunciation spelling offor .1849 May –1850 November,Charles Dickens , “The Beginning of a Longer Journey”, inThe Personal History of David Copperfield , London:Bradbury & Evans , [ … ] , published1850 ,→OCLC ,page516 :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 itfur her, about a lodgingfur the night, and making secret inquiration concerning of me and all at home, to-morrow.
FromVulgar Latin fūrō , fromLatin fūror . CompareRomanian fura ,fur .
fur first-singular present indicative (third-person singular present indicative furã ,past participle furatã )
tosteal FromLatin fūr . Compare archaic Daco-Romanianfur .
fur m (plural furi )
thief ,robber FromOld Catalan for , fromLatin forum .Doublet offòrum , a learned borrowing.
fur m (plural furs )
( law ) fuero Inherited fromLate Latin fāre .
fur
todo tomake Bartoli, Matteo (1906 )Il Dalmatico: Resti di un’antica lingua romanza parlata da Veglia a Ragusa e sua collocazione nella Romània appenino-balcanica , Rome: Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, published2000 , page310 Inherited fromLatin forum .
fur m (plural not attested )
Only used inau fur et à mesure ( “ to an equitable extent ” ) FromProto-Italic *fōr , fromProto-Indo-European *bʰṓr , from the root*bʰer- ( “ to carry ” ) (seeferō ). Cognate withAncient Greek φώρ ( phṓr ) .
fūr m or f (genitive fūris ) ;third declension
Athief Third-declension noun.
“fur ”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879 )A Latin Dictionary , Oxford: Clarendon Press “fur ”, inCharlton T. Lewis (1891 )An Elementary Latin Dictionary , New York: Harper & Brothers "fur ", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’sGlossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) fur inGaffiot, Félix (1934 )Dictionnaire illustré latin-français , Hachette. “fur ”, inHarry Thurston Peck, editor (1898 ),Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities , New York: Harper & Brothers fur
for IPA (key ) : /ˈfur/ Rhymes:-ur Syllabification:fur fur f
genitive plural offura Inherited fromLatin fūr , fromProto-Italic *fōr , fromProto-Indo-European *bʰṓr , from the root*bʰer- ( “ to carry ” ) .
fur
first-person singular present indicative / subjunctive offura fur m (plural furi )
( archaic ) thief Synonyms: hoț ,bandit fur
open fur c (uncountable )
pinewood Synonym: ( more common ) furu ( archaic or somewhat solemn ) pine tree (in some areas chiefly about old trees)fur och granpine and spruce( tree ) : tall (if a distinction is made between this and "fur", this will be used about younger trees),fura fur
Soft mutation ofmur .Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.