sur
( international standards ) ISO 639-3 language code forMwaghavul . Ultimately fromOld English suþ , fromProto-Germanic *sunþrą .(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
sur m
south “sur ”, inAragonario, diccionario aragonés–castellano (in Spanish) Borrowed fromFrench sud , fromOld English suþ , fromProto-Germanic *sunþrą .
IPA (key ) : /ˈsuɾ/ [ˈsuɾ] Rhymes:-uɾ Syllabification:sur sur m (uncountable )
south Antonym: norte IPA (key ) : /s̺ur/ [s̺ur] Rhymes:-ur Hyphenation:sur sur inan
( Biscayan ) alternative form ofsudur ( “ nose, trunk ” ) “sudur ”, inEuskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy ] (in Basque),Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language ] “sur ”, inOrotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary ],Euskaltzaindia ,1987–2005 Borrowed fromSpanish sur .
IPA (key ) : /suɾ/ [suɾ] Hyphenation:sur súr (Basahan spelling ᜐᜓᜍ᜔ )
south Synonym: habagatan Antonyms: norte ,amihanan FromFrench sûr .
sur
certain ,sure Verbal noun tosurre ( “ to whirr ” ) (imitative ).
sur n (singular definite surret ,plural indefinite sur )
whirr (a sibilant buzz or vibration from insect wings)FromOld Norse súrr ( “ sour ” ) , fromProto-Germanic *sūraz , fromProto-Indo-European *súHros .
sur (neuter surt ,plural and definite singular attributive sure )
sour ( having an acid, sharp or tangy taste ) ( chemistry ) acidic ( of dairy products ) spoiled ( of a person or communication ) surly ,cross ,annoyed ,sulky ,sore ( of work or situation ) unpleasant 1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.
FromFrench sur .Doublet ofsuper .
sur
on ,upon La kato dormissur la lito. The cat was sleepingon the bed. onto [with accusative ]Inherited fromMiddle French sur , fromOld French sur ,seur ,sor ,soure ,souvre ,sovre ( “ on, upon, over ” ) , fromLatin super ( “ over, on, above ” ) .Doublet ofsuper , a borrowing. Cognate withOld English ofer ( “ over, above ” ) . More atover .
sur
on ,upon on top of from on top of above out of septsur dix ―sevenout of ten in the case of about ,concerning ( informal , France ) in (a place)Synonyms: à ,en ,dans sur Paris ―in ParisInherited fromMiddle French sur , fromOld French sur ( “ sour, bitter ” ) , fromFrankish *sūr ( “ acidic, sour ” ) , fromProto-Germanic *sūraz ( “ sour ” ) . More atEnglish sour .
sur (feminine sure ,masculine plural surs ,feminine plural sures )
sour Borrowed fromFrench sud , fromOld English suþ , fromProto-Germanic *sunþrą .
IPA (key ) : /ˈsuɾ/ [ˈs̺uɾ] Rhymes:-uɾ Hyphenation:sur sur m (plural sures )
( uncountable ) south (cardinal direction )( uncountable ) thesouthern portion of a territory or region( countable ) asouthern ; awind blowing from the south“sur ”, inDicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña:Royal Galician Academy , 2012–2025 Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018 ), “sur ”, inCorpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia ] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández , editor (2006–2013 ), “sur ”, inDicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language ] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández ,Ernesto Xosé González Seoane ,María Álvarez de la Granja , editors (2003–2018 ), “sur ”, inTesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco , editor (2014–2024 ), “sur ”, inTesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega ,→ISSN “sur ”, inDicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2025 Borrowed from French sur , Italian su .
sur
on FromLatin super ( “ above ” ) .
sur
( archaic ) alternative form ofsu used before words beginning with u (especially indefinite articles) sur un tavolo ―on a tablesur in Treccani.it –Vocabolario Treccani on line , Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italianasur
romanization ofꦱꦸꦂ FromArabic سُور ( sūr ) .
sur m (plural swar )
wall ,rampart 1949 ,Anton Buttigieg , “Il-Bejta fis-Sur”, inMill-Gallerija ta’ Żgħożiti :U tela’ għas-sur , wisq imgħaddab, u kaxkar kull xitla, kull żrara, u l-bejta dlonk ħataf, ġarr miegħu bl-għasafar, jaħasra xi ħsara! (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation) bastion rock Contraction ofsinjur , fromSicilian signuri .
sur m (usuallyuncountable )
mister ,sir is-Sur Buttiġieġ ―Mr Buttigiegsur
alternative form ofsure FromOld High German sūr , fromProto-West Germanic *sūr , fromProto-West Germanic *sūr , fromProto-Germanic *sūraz , fromProto-Indo-European *suHrós .
sūr
sour FromOld Norse súrr , fromProto-Germanic *sūraz , fromProto-Indo-European *súHros . Cognate withDanish sur ,Icelandic súr ,Dutch zuur ,English sour andGerman sauer .
sur (neuter singular surt ,definite singular and plural sure ,comparative surere ,indefinite superlative surest ,definite superlative sureste )
sour (e.g. the characteristic taste of alemon )In a badtemper ,sulky acidic sur nedbør ―acid raincold ,unpleasant (often about weather)Det ersurt ute. The weather is unpleasant outside Han prøver å gjøre livetsurt for meg. He's trying to make life difficult for me. “sur” inThe Bokmål Dictionary .FromOld Norse súrr , fromProto-Germanic *sūraz , fromProto-Indo-European *súHros . Cognate withDanish sur ,Icelandic súr ,Dutch zuur ,English sour andGerman sauer .
sur (neuter singular surt ,definite singular and plural sure ,comparative surare ,indefinite superlative surast ,definite superlative suraste )
sour acidic sur nedbør ―acid rainbad-tempered ,annoyed , in a foul moodSynonym: gretten used about oldsocks which are smelling bad “sur” inThe Nynorsk Dictionary .FromProto-West Germanic *sūr . Cognate withOld Saxon sūr ,Old High German sūr ,Old Norse súrr .
sūr
sour Declension ofsūr — Strong
Borrowed fromFrankish *sūr ( “ acidic, sour ” ) . 1160 CE.
sur m (oblique and nominative feminine singular sure )
sour ,bitter sur
alternative form ofseur FromProto-West Germanic *sūr , fromProto-West Germanic *sūr , fromProto-Germanic *sūraz , fromProto-Indo-European *suHrós .
sūr
sour FromOld Norse súrr , fromProto-Germanic *sūraz .
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FromProto-Nuristani *sara , fromProto-Indo-Iranian *sáras , fromProto-Indo-European *sélos .
sur ( Pashki ) [ 1]
lake pond ^ Strand, Richard F. (2016 ), “sur”, inNûristânî Etymological Lexicon [1] FromSanskrit चोर ( cora ) .
sur (Hanifi spelling 𐴏𐴟𐴌 )
thief Most likely from aSlavic language. CompareBulgarian сур ( sur ) ,Serbo-Croatian sur . A less likely etymology connects it to Latinsyrus , or links it with Italiansoro .
sur m or n (feminine singular sură ,masculine plural suri ,feminine/neuter plural sure )
grey Synonyms: gri ,brumăriu Comparesurov .
sȗr (Cyrillic spelling су̑р ,definite sȗrī )
( expressive , literary ) ash -gray ( expressive , literary , figurative ) gray ,gloomy ( of weather ) ( expressive , literary , figurative ) glum ,stern ,scowling ,sullen ( of person's face or mood ) indefinite forms singular masculine feminine neuter nominative sur sura suro genitive sura sure sura dative suru suroj suru accusative inanimate animate sur sura suru suro vocative sur sura suro locative suru suroj suru instrumental surim surom surim plural masculine feminine neuter nominative suri sure sura genitive surih surih surih dative surim(a) surim(a) surim(a) accusative sure sure sura vocative suri sure sura locative surim(a) surim(a) surim(a) instrumental surim(a) surim(a) surim(a)
definite forms singular masculine feminine neuter nominative suri sura suro genitive surog(a) sure surog(a) dative surom(u/e) suroj surom(u/e) accusative inanimate animate suri surog(a) suru suro vocative suri sura suro locative surom(e/u) suroj surom(e/u) instrumental surim surom surim plural masculine feminine neuter nominative suri sure sura genitive surih surih surih dative surim(a) surim(a) surim(a) accusative sure sure sura vocative suri sure sura locative surim(a) surim(a) surim(a) instrumental surim(a) surim(a) surim(a)
“sur ”, inHrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal ] (in Serbo-Croatian),2006–2025 Borrowed fromFrench sud , fromOld English suþ , fromProto-West Germanic *sunþr .
IPA (key ) : /ˈsuɾ/ [ˈsuɾ] Rhymes:-uɾ Syllabification:sur sur m (plural sures )
south Synonyms: ostro ,austro Antonym: norte compass points :puntos cardinales : [edit ]
sur
romanization of𒋩 ( sur ) FromOld Swedish sūr , fromOld Norse súrr , fromProto-Germanic *sūraz , fromProto-Indo-European *súHros .
sur (comparative surare ,superlative surast )
sour (having the characteristic taste of for example a lemon or vinegar)sour (rancid)acidic angry ,annoyed Jag blir så jäklasur när han gör så där I get so damnangry when he does that bad ,sour (of a feeling or the like)Det kännssurt att vi förlorade It feelsbad that we lost wet ,damp (of something that should be dry)1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.2 Dated or archaic.3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
Borrowed fromSpanish sur , fromFrench sud , fromMiddle French sud , fromOld French su ,sud ( “ south ” ) , aGermanic borrowing, fromOld English sūþ ( “ south ” ) .
sur (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜇ᜔ )( uncommon )
south ( compass point ) Synonym: timog 1985 , Francisco Soc Rodrigo,Mga tula at tilamsik ng diwa :At, sa angkan naman ng ating First Lady, si Kokoy, na siyang governor ng Leyte, Ay embahador pa sa lahat ng parte - Sa este't oeste, sasur at sa norte! (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation) compass points : [edit ]
Inherited fromOttoman Turkish سور ,[ 1] fromArabic سُور ( sūr ) .[ 2]
sur (definite accusative suru ,plural surlar )
citywall Inherited fromOttoman Turkish صور ,[ 3] fromArabic صُور ( ṣūr ) .[ 4]
sur (definite accusative suru ,plural surlar )
horn ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890 ), “سور ”, inA Turkish and English Lexicon [2] , Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian,page1088 ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002– ), “sur1 ”, inNişanyan Sözlük ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890 ), “صور ”, inA Turkish and English Lexicon [3] , Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian,page1190 ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002– ), “sur2 ”, inNişanyan Sözlük FromOld English sūr ( “ sour ” ) .[ 1]
sur (feminine singular sur ,plural surion ,equative sured ,comparative surach ,superlative suraf ,not mutable )
sour ,acidic Synonyms: egr ,chwibl ,asidaidd ,asidig sur m (uncountable ,not mutable )
( obsolete ) acid Synonym: asid ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “sur ”, inGeiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies