ouro
See also: Ouro
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese ouro, from Latin aurum, from Proto-Italic *auzom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂é-h₂us-o- (“glow”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈow.ɾʊ/
Noun
ouro m (uncountable)
- gold
Derived terms
- dourado
- dourar
References
- “ouro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “ouro” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “ouro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “ouro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “ouro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Mirandese
Etymology
From Latin aurum, from Proto-Italic *auzom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂é-h₂us-o- (“glow”).
Noun
ouro m
- gold
Old Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Latin aurum (“gold”), from Old Latin ausum (“gold”), from Proto-Italic *auzom (“gold”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂é-h₂us-o- (“glow”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈow.ɾo/
Noun
ouro m
- gold (as mineral or metal)
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 348 (facsimile):
- Como ſanta maria demoſtrou a ũu Rey que trobaua por ela gran teſouro douro ⁊ de prata.
- How Holy Mary revealed a great treasure of gold and silver to a king who wrote songs for Her.
- Como ſanta maria demoſtrou a ũu Rey que trobaua por ela gran teſouro douro ⁊ de prata.
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- gold (colour)
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 384 (facsimile):
- A primeyra era ouro / coor rrica ⁊ fremoſa / a ſemellante da uirgen / nobre ⁊ mui preçioſa.
- The first one was gold, a rich and beautiful colour, similar to the noble and very gorgeous Virgin.
- A primeyra era ouro / coor rrica ⁊ fremoſa / a ſemellante da uirgen / nobre ⁊ mui preçioſa.
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Descendants
- Galician: ouro
- Portuguese: ouro (see there for further descendants)
Portuguese
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Alternative forms
- oiro
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈo(w).ɾu/ [ˈo(ʊ̯).ɾu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈo(w).ɾo/ [ˈo(ʊ̯).ɾo]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈo(w).ɾu/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈo.ɾu/
- Rhymes: -owɾu
- Hyphenation: ou‧ro
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Portuguese ouro, from Latin aurum, from Latin ausum, from Proto-Italic *auzom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂é-h₂us-o- (“glow”).
Noun
ouro m (plural ouros)
- (chemistry) gold(chemical element)
- gold (coin)
- gold (colour)
- gold (medal)
- singular of ouros (“diamonds”) (one of the four suits of playing cards)
Derived terms
- ouro branco
- ouro dos tolos
- ouro negro
Related terms
- áureo
- dourado
- dourar
- ourar
- ourives
- ouropel
Descendants
- → Kadiwéu: oolo
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
ouro
- first-person singular present indicative of ourar