spur

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• Received-Pronunciation: /spɜː/
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• General-American: /spɝ/
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• Scotland: /spʌr/
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• New-Zealand: /spøː/
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• /speː/ Liverpool, fair–fur merger
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• /spɛː/ Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger
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• /spɜː(ɹ)/ Lancashire, fair–fur merger
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• rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)
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• homophone: spare (fair–fur merger)
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• CMU ARPABET: S P ER1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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English surname, variant of Spurr. Compare the noun spur.

From Middle English spure, spore, from Old English spora, spura, from Proto-West Germanic *spurō, from Proto-Germanic *spurô, from Proto-Indo-European *sperH- (“to kick”).

See sparrow.

Short for spurious.

272 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: mamuz — implement for prodding a horse
• Albanian: shpor — implement for prodding a horse
• Arabic: مِهْمَاز (mihmāz) — implement for prodding a horse
• Armenian: խթան (xtʻan) — implement for prodding a horse
• Assamese: আল (al) — implement for prodding a horse
• Azerbaijani: mahmız — implement for prodding a horse
• Belarusian: шпо́ра (špóra) — implement for prodding a horse
• Belarusian: астро́га (astróha) — implement for prodding a horse
• Bulgarian: шпо́ра (špóra) — implement for prodding a horse
• Catalan: esperó — implement for prodding a horse
• Chinese Mandarin: 馬刺 /马刺 (mǎcì) — implement for prodding a horse
• Czech: ostruha — implement for prodding a horse
• Danish: spore — implement for prodding a horse
• Dutch: spoor — implement for prodding a horse
• Esperanto: sprono — implement for prodding a horse
• Estonian: kannus — implement for prodding a horse
• Finnish: kannus — implement for prodding a horse
• French: éperon — implement for prodding a horse
• Galician: espora — implement for prodding a horse
• German: Sporn — implement for prodding a horse
• Greek: σπιρούνι (spiroúni) — implement for prodding a horse
• Ancient Greek: κέντρον (kéntron) — implement for prodding a horse
• Hebrew: דורבן — implement for prodding a horse
• Hebrew: דָּרְבָּן (dorbán) — implement for prodding a horse
• Hindi: महमेज़ (mahmez) — implement for prodding a horse
• Hungarian: sarkantyú — implement for prodding a horse
• Icelandic: spori — implement for prodding a horse
• Ingrian: kannus — implement for prodding a horse
• Irish: spor — implement for prodding a horse
• Irish: brod — implement for prodding a horse
• Italian: sperone — implement for prodding a horse
• Japanese: 拍車 (hakusha) — implement for prodding a horse
• Kazakh: өкшелік (ökşelık) — implement for prodding a horse
• Kazakh: тепкі (tepkı) — implement for prodding a horse
• Khmer: ក្រចាប់ (krɑcap) — implement for prodding a horse
• Korean: 박차 (bakcha) — implement for prodding a horse
• Kyrgyz: шпора (şpora) — implement for prodding a horse
• Latin: calcar — implement for prodding a horse
• Latvian: piesis — implement for prodding a horse
• Macedonian: мамуза (mamuza) — implement for prodding a horse
• Malay: pacu — implement for prodding a horse
• Māori: kipa — implement for prodding a horse
• Middle English: spore — implement for prodding a horse
• Mongolian: түлхэц (tülxec) — implement for prodding a horse
• Norwegian Bokmål: spore — implement for prodding a horse
• Norwegian Nynorsk: spore — implement for prodding a horse
• Occitan: esperon — implement for prodding a horse
• Old English: spora — implement for prodding a horse
• Pashto: مهميز (mahmíz) — implement for prodding a horse
• Persian: مهمیز (mahmiz) — implement for prodding a horse
• Persian: اسب انگیز (asb-angiz) — implement for prodding a horse
• Polish: ostroga — implement for prodding a horse
• Portuguese: espora — implement for prodding a horse
• Romanian: pinten — implement for prodding a horse
• Russian: шпо́ра (špóra) — implement for prodding a horse
• Serbo-Croatian: мамуза — implement for prodding a horse
• Serbo-Croatian: оструга — implement for prodding a horse
• Serbo-Croatian: mamuza — implement for prodding a horse
• Serbo-Croatian: ostruga — implement for prodding a horse
• Slovak: ostroha — implement for prodding a horse
• Slovene: ostroga — implement for prodding a horse
• Spanish: espuela — implement for prodding a horse
• Spanish: acicate — implement for prodding a horse
• Spanish: espolín — implement for prodding a horse
• Spanish: chocoyas — implement for prodding a horse
• Spanish: espolón — implement for prodding a horse
• Swedish: sporre — implement for prodding a horse
• Tagalog: tari — implement for prodding a horse
• Tagalog: espuwelas — implement for prodding a horse
• Tajik: маҳмез (mahmez) — implement for prodding a horse
• Tibetan: རྟིང་ལྕགས (rting lcags) — implement for prodding a horse
• Turkish: mahmuz — implement for prodding a horse
• Ottoman Turkish: مهموز (mahmuz) — implement for prodding a horse
• Ukrainian: остро́га (ostróha) — implement for prodding a horse
• Ukrainian: шпо́ра (špóra) — implement for prodding a horse
• Urdu: مہمیز (mahmez) — implement for prodding a horse
• Uzbek: shpor — implement for prodding a horse
• Uzbek: mahmez — implement for prodding a horse
• Vietnamese: đinh thúc ngựa — implement for prodding a horse
• Walloon: sporon — implement for prodding a horse
• Welsh: sbardun — implement for prodding a horse
• Welsh: ysbardun — implement for prodding a horse
• Bulgarian: пришпорване (prišporvane) — jab given with the spurs
• Finnish: kannustus — jab given with the spurs
• Spanish: espolazo — jab given with the spurs
• Spanish: espolada — jab given with the spurs
• Bulgarian: сти́мул (stímul) — anything that inspires or motivates
• Bulgarian: подбуда (podbuda) — anything that inspires or motivates
• Chinese Mandarin: 鞭策 (biāncè) — anything that inspires or motivates
• Chinese Mandarin: 激勵 /激励 (jīlì) — anything that inspires or motivates
• Chinese Mandarin: 刺激 (cìjī) — anything that inspires or motivates
• Chinese Mandarin: 鼓舞 (gǔwǔ) — anything that inspires or motivates
• Danish: spore — anything that inspires or motivates
• Esperanto: sprono — anything that inspires or motivates
• Finnish: kannustin — anything that inspires or motivates
• Galician: aguilloada — anything that inspires or motivates
• Galician: aliciente — anything that inspires or motivates
• Galician: estímulo — anything that inspires or motivates
• Galician: acicate — anything that inspires or motivates
• German: Ansporn — anything that inspires or motivates
• Ancient Greek: κέντρον (kéntron) — anything that inspires or motivates
• Italian: sprono — anything that inspires or motivates
• Japanese: 刺激 (shigeki) — anything that inspires or motivates
• Latin: calcar — anything that inspires or motivates
• Norwegian Bokmål: spore — anything that inspires or motivates
• Norwegian Nynorsk: spore — anything that inspires or motivates
• Occitan: esperon — anything that inspires or motivates
• Portuguese: espora — anything that inspires or motivates
• Russian: сти́мул (stímul) — anything that inspires or motivates
• Spanish: espuela — anything that inspires or motivates
• Spanish: acicate — anything that inspires or motivates
• Swedish: sporre — anything that inspires or motivates
• Albanian: çapua — appendage near the foot
• Armenian: բիտ (bit) — appendage near the foot
• Armenian: կոտոշ (kotoš) — appendage near the foot
• Chinese Mandarin: 距 (jù) — appendage near the foot
• Czech: ostruha — appendage near the foot
• Danish: spore — appendage near the foot
• Esperanto: sprono — appendage near the foot
• Finnish: kannus — appendage near the foot
• French: ergot — appendage near the foot
• Galician: esporón — appendage near the foot
• Galician: espora — appendage near the foot
• Ancient Greek: κέντρον (kéntron) — appendage near the foot
• Indonesian: taji — appendage near the foot
• Ingrian: kannus — appendage near the foot
• Italian: sperone — appendage near the foot
• Latin: calcar — appendage near the foot
• Malay: taji — appendage near the foot
• Middle English: spore — appendage near the foot
• Occitan: esperon — appendage near the foot
• Portuguese: espora — appendage near the foot
• Romanian: pinten — appendage near the foot
• Russian: шпо́ра (špóra) — appendage near the foot
• Spanish: espolón — appendage near the foot
• Spanish: puón — appendage near the foot
• Sundanese: siih — appendage near the foot
• Swedish: sporre — appendage near the foot
• Tagalog: tahid — appendage near the foot
• Turkish: mahmuz — appendage near the foot
• Vietnamese: cựa — appendage near the foot
• Walloon: sporon — appendage near the foot
• Chinese Mandarin: 支線 /支线 (zhīxiàn) — any protruding part
• Finnish: haara — any protruding part
• French: embranchement — any protruding part
• Italian: diramazione — any protruding part
• Italian: divaricazione — any protruding part
• Italian: sporgenza — any protruding part
• Italian: protuberanza — any protruding part
• Italian: sperone — any protruding part
• Italian: spunzone — any protruding part
• Italian: spuntone — any protruding part
• Portuguese: conexão — any protruding part
• Portuguese: prolongamento — any protruding part
• Catalan: contrafort — projection from a mountain or mountain range
• Chinese Mandarin: 山嘴 (shānzuǐ) — projection from a mountain or mountain range
• Finnish: haarake — projection from a mountain or mountain range
• Irish: speir — projection from a mountain or mountain range
• Italian: guglia — projection from a mountain or mountain range
• Italian: cima — projection from a mountain or mountain range
• Italian: vetta — projection from a mountain or mountain range
• Italian: picco — projection from a mountain or mountain range
• Italian: pinnacolo — projection from a mountain or mountain range
• Italian: pizzo — projection from a mountain or mountain range
• Māori: taumutu — projection from a mountain or mountain range
• Māori: taukaka — projection from a mountain or mountain range
• Māori: karahiwi — projection from a mountain or mountain range
• Māori: tuakahiwi — projection from a mountain or mountain range
• Māori: mātātāu — projection from a mountain or mountain range
• Polish: sprone — projection from a mountain or mountain range
• Russian: отро́г (otróg) — projection from a mountain or mountain range
• Serbo-Croatian: kosa — projection from a mountain or mountain range
• Spanish: espolón — projection from a mountain or mountain range
• Turkish: mahmuz — projection from a mountain or mountain range
• Spanish: puntal — carpentry: brace strengthening a post and some connected part
• German: Eckblatt — architecture: projection from the round base of a column
• Finnish: torajyvävilja — ergotized grain
• Bulgarian: разклонение (razklonenie) — mining: branch of a vein
• Finnish: sivuraide — very short branch line of a railway line
• Bulgarian: следа (sleda) — track of an animal — see also track
• Finnish: jälki — track of an animal — see also track
• Finnish: jäljet — track of an animal — see also track
• Spanish: rastro — track of an animal — see also track
• Bulgarian: пришпорвам (prišporvam) — to prod
• Catalan: esperonar — to prod
• Chinese Mandarin: 策(馬 /马)前進 /前进 (mǎ) — to prod
• Chinese Mandarin: 策(马)前进 (mǎ) — to prod
• Czech: pobídnout — to prod
• Czech: pobídnout ostruhami — to prod
• Esperanto: sproni — to prod
• Finnish: kannustaa — to prod
• French: éperonner — to prod
• Galician: esporear — to prod
• German: die Sporen geben — to prod
• Hebrew: דִּרְבֵּן (dirbén) — to prod
• Hungarian: megsarkantyúz — to prod
• Indonesian: memacu — to prod
• Italian: pungolare — to prod
• Italian: spronare — to prod
• Japanese: 突く (tsuku) — to prod
• Japanese: 拍車をかける (hakusha o kakeru) — to prod
• Kazakh: тебіну (tebınu) — to prod
• Latin: calcarō — to prod
• Māori: kipa — to prod
• Middle English: sporen — to prod
• Portuguese: esporar — to prod
• Russian: пришпо́ривать (prišpórivatʹ) — to prod
• Russian: пришпо́рить (prišpóritʹ) — to prod
• Spanish: espolear — to prod
• Spanish: espolonear — to prod
• Spanish: acicatear — to prod
• Spanish: arrear — to prod
• Swedish: sporra — to prod
• Turkish: mahmuzlamak — to prod
• Ottoman Turkish: مهموزلمق (mahmuzlamak) — to prod
• Ottoman Turkish: اوزنگیلمك (üzengilemek) — to prod
• Bulgarian: пришпорвам (prišporvam) — to urge or encourage to action
• Bulgarian: пришпоря (prišporja) — to urge or encourage to action
• Catalan: esperonar — to urge or encourage to action
• Chinese Mandarin: 鞭策 (biāncè) — to urge or encourage to action
• Chinese Mandarin: 激勵 /激励 (jīlì) — to urge or encourage to action
• Chinese Mandarin: 刺激 (cìjī) — to urge or encourage to action
• Chinese Mandarin: 鼓舞 (gǔwǔ) — to urge or encourage to action
• Chinese Mandarin: 促進 /促进 (cùjìn) — to urge or encourage to action
• Chinese Mandarin: 刺激(某事)發生 /发生 (mǒushì) — to urge or encourage to action
• Chinese Mandarin: 帶動 /带动 (dàidòng) — to urge or encourage to action
• Czech: pobídnout — to urge or encourage to action
• Czech: pobízet — to urge or encourage to action
• Czech: pohánět — to urge or encourage to action
• Czech: popohnat — to urge or encourage to action
• Czech: přimět — to urge or encourage to action
• Dutch: aansporen — to urge or encourage to action
• Dutch: aanmoedigen — to urge or encourage to action
• Dutch: bewegen — to urge or encourage to action
• Finnish: kannustaa — to urge or encourage to action
• Finnish: yllyttää — to urge or encourage to action
• French: stimuler — to urge or encourage to action
• Galician: esporear — to urge or encourage to action
• Galician: aguillar — to urge or encourage to action
• Galician: estimular — to urge or encourage to action
• Galician: aguilloar — to urge or encourage to action
• German: anspornen — to urge or encourage to action
• Hebrew: דִּרְבֵּן (dirbén) — to urge or encourage to action
• Hungarian: sarkall — to urge or encourage to action
• Italian: stimolare — to urge or encourage to action
• Italian: incoraggiare — to urge or encourage to action
• Italian: instigare — to urge or encourage to action
• Italian: incitare — to urge or encourage to action
• Italian: spronare — to urge or encourage to action
• Japanese: 行動させる (kōdō saseru) — to urge or encourage to action
• Kazakh: жігерлендіру (jıgerlendıru) — to urge or encourage to action
• Korean: 박차를 가하다 (bakchareul gahada) — to urge or encourage to action
• Latin: incitō — to urge or encourage to action
• Middle English: sporen — to urge or encourage to action
• Portuguese: instigar — to urge or encourage to action
• Portuguese: provocar — to urge or encourage to action
• Portuguese: estimular — to urge or encourage to action
• Romanian: îndemna — to urge or encourage to action
• Russian: подгоня́ть (podgonjátʹ) — to urge or encourage to action
• Russian: побужда́ть (pobuždátʹ) — to urge or encourage to action
• Spanish: espolear — to urge or encourage to action
• Swedish: sporra — to urge or encourage to action
• Tocharian B: wārw- — to urge or encourage to action
• Ottoman Turkish: دورتمك (dürtmek) — to urge or encourage to action
• Ottoman Turkish: كوروكلمك (körüklemek) — to urge or encourage to action
• Welsh: sbarduno — to urge or encourage to action
• Finnish: varustaa kannuksilla — to put spurs on
• German: mit Sporen versehen — to put spurs on
• Italian: montare gli speroni — to put spurs on
• Middle English: don on spores — to put spurs on
• Middle English: sporen — to put spurs on
• Spanish: poner espuelas (las) — to put spurs on