gaur

gaur

See also: Gaur

English

A gaur.

Alternative forms

• gour (dated)

Etymology

From Hindi गौर (gaur), from Sanskrit गौर (gaura). Attested in English since the early 19th century.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɡaʊə/

• Audio (southern England)

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɡaʊəɹ/

Noun

gaur (plural gaurs or gaur)

1. An Asian species of wild bovine (Bos gaurus), of large size and an untamable disposition.

Synonyms

• (Bos gaurus): Bos frontalis gaurus, Indian bison

Translations

Bos gaurus

Assamese: মেঠোন (methün), বন-গৰু (bon-goru) Burmese: ပြောင် (my) (praung) Catalan: gaur (ca) m Chinese: 印度野牛 Czech: gaur m Estonian: gaur (et) Finnish: gauri (fi) French: gaur (fr) m German: Gaur (de) m Hindi: गौर (hi) m (gaur) Irish: gár m Italian: gaur (it) m Lao: ກະທິງ (ka thing) Romanian: gaur (ro) m Russian: гaур m (gaur) Sanskrit: गौर (sa) m (gaura) Spanish: gaur (es) Thai: กระทิง (th) (grà-ting) Vietnamese: bò tót

References

• “gaur”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
• “gaur”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

Further reading

• gaur on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Bos gaurus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Bos gaurus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Bos gaurus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.

Anagrams

• Guar., Gura, Urga, guar, ragu, ragù, ruga

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Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡau̯r/, [ɡau̯r]

Adverb

gaur (not comparable)

1. today

Derived terms

• gaur egun

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• Audio (Valencian)

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Noun

gaur m (plural gaurs)

1. gaur

Further reading

• “gaur”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “gaur” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

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Czech

Noun

gaur m

1. gaur, wild cattle

Further reading

• gaur in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔʁ/

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Noun

gaur m (plural gaurs)

1. gaur

Further reading

• “gaur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Icelandic

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /køyːr/

  Rhymes: -øyːr

Noun

gaur m (genitive singular gaurs, nominative plural gaurar)

1. (dated) pole
2. (dated) a gangly youth/man
3. a loud, unruly boy
4. (slang) fellow, guy, dude

Declension

declension of gaur

m-s1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gaur	gaurinn	gaurar	gaurarnir
accusative	gaur	gaurinn	gaura	gaurana
dative	gaur	gaurnum	gaurum	gaurunum
genitive	gaurs	gaursins	gaura	gauranna

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French gaur.

Noun

gaur m (plural gauri)

1. gaur

Declension

Declension of gaur

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) gaur	gaurul	(niște) gauri	gaurii
genitive/dative	(unui) gaur	gaurului	(unor) gauri	gaurilor
vocative	gaurule		gaurilor