name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
tur
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /tʊə/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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General-American: /tʊɹ/
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rhymes with -ʊə(ɹ)
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homophone: tour
noun
Meaning 2
Any of species Capra caucasica (West Caucasian tur) or Capra cylindricornis (East Caucasian tur of wild goats native to Caucasus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Two main origins: * Borrowed from Catalan Tur, probably a topographic surname from tur (“tufa, porous limestone”). * Borrowed from Polish Tur, from the nickname tur (“aurochs”).
Borrowed from Russian тур (tur). Doublet of steer and Taurus.
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: արեւմտակովկասյան տուր (arewmtakovkasyan tur) — type of wild goat
- Armenian: տուր (tur) — type of wild goat
- Avar: бис (bis) — type of wild goat
- Finnish: kaukasianvuohi — type of wild goat
- Georgian: ჯიხვი (ǯixvi) — type of wild goat
- Karachay-Balkar: джугъутур (cuğutur) — type of wild goat
- Ossetian: дзӕбидыр (ʒæbidyr) — type of wild goat
- Ossetian: дзӕбодур (ʒæbodur) — type of wild goat
- Russian: тур (tur) — type of wild goat