adj
Meaning 1
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of bears.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
ursine
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɜː.saɪn/
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US: /ˈɝsaɪn/
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US: /ˈɝsɪn/
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adj
Meaning 2
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the bear subfamily Ursinae.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 2004, in Donald G. Lindburg and Karen Baragona (eds.), Giant Pandas: Biology and Conservation, Berkeley: University of California Press, Part Two, Introduction, p. 37, https://books.google.ca/books?id=bFKrwj73REIC&pg=PA37
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adj
Meaning 3
Covered in stiff bristles.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, entomology, natural-sciences
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name
Meaning 4
A census-designated place in Lincoln County, Nevada, United States.
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noun
Meaning 5
A bear.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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adjective
Meaning 6
of or relating to or similar to bears
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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History
Etymology
Mid 16th century, from Latin ursīnus, adjectival form of ursus (“bear”) + -ine.
Across languages
Translations
30 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: دُبِّيّ (dubbiyy) — of or relating to bears
- Belarusian: мядзве́джы (mjadzvjédžy) — of or relating to bears
- Bulgarian: ме́чешки (méčeški) — of or relating to bears
- Chinese Mandarin: 熊的 (xióng de) — of or relating to bears
- Czech: medvědí — of or relating to bears
- Dutch: beer- — of or relating to bears
- Esperanto: ursa — of or relating to bears
- Finnish: karhu- — of or relating to bears
- French: ursin — of or relating to bears
- German: Bären- — of or relating to bears
- Greek: αρκουδιάρικος (arkoudiárikos) — of or relating to bears
- Ido: ursala — of or relating to bears
- Italian: orsino — of or relating to bears
- Japanese: クマの (kuma no) — of or relating to bears
- Korean: 곰의 (gom-ui) — of or relating to bears
- Latin: ursīnus — of or relating to bears
- Macedonian: мечкин (mečkin) — of or relating to bears
- Old English: biren — of or relating to bears
- Polish: niedźwiedzi — of or relating to bears
- Russian: медве́жий (medvéžij) — of or relating to bears
- Serbo-Croatian: мѐдвеђӣ — of or relating to bears
- Serbo-Croatian: мѐдвјеђӣ — of or relating to bears
- Serbo-Croatian: mèdveđī — of or relating to bears
- Serbo-Croatian: mèdvjeđī — of or relating to bears
- Slovak: medvedí — of or relating to bears
- Slovene: medvedji — of or relating to bears
- Spanish: osuno — of or relating to bears
- Ukrainian: ведме́жий (vedméžyj) — of or relating to bears
- Ukrainian: ведме́дячий (vedmédjačyj) — of or relating to bears
- Volapük: berik — of or relating to bears