cauri
English
Noun
cauri (plural cauris)
- A former monetary subdivision, equivalent to one hundredth of a Guinean syli.
- An extremely tall tree found exclusively in New Zealand, the kauri.
- A type of seashell found on the western coast of the African continent.
See also
- cowrie
Anagrams
- Cairu, Curia, auric, curia
Catalan
Etymology
Ultimately from Hindi कौड़ी (kauṛī, “cowry”), perhaps via English or French.
Pronunciation
(Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈkaw.ɾi/
Noun
cauri m (plural cauris)
- cowrie (all senses)
Synonyms
- (member of the family Cypraeidae): porcellana
French
Etymology
From Hindi कौड़ी (kauṛī, “cowry”), from Sanskrit कपर्द (kaparda, “cowry”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ko.ʁi/
Noun
cauri m (plural cauris)
- cowry, money cowry
Further reading
- “cauri”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- cuira
- curai
Latin
Verb
caurī
- second-person singular present active imperative of cauriō
Latvian
Adverb
cauri
- through; adverbial form of caurs
- (preposition-like, with dative) through, from one side to the other (crossing places, space, etc.)
- iziet cauri priekšnamam ― to exit through the hallway
- viņi jau bija mežam cauri ― they had already been through the forest
- rakties aizsprostam cauri ― to dig through the dam
- izdurt papīram cauri ― to pierce a hole through the paper
- (often preposition-like, with dative) through (despite, unhindered by, not kept in place by)
- stikls tik netīrs, ka neredz cauri ― the glass is so dirty that one can't see through (it)
- cauri aizkariem spiežas gaisma ― the light shines through the curtains
- jumtam cauri sūcas ūdens ― water is seeping through the roof
- trauksmes signāls skan cauri vētrai ― the alarm signal sounds through the storm
- kliedzieni dzirdami troksnim cauri ― shots heard through the noise
- laist cauri ― to let (something) through, not stop it
- lietus mētelis laiž ūdeni cauri — the raincoat lets water through
- through (entirely; without interruption; through all relevant objects)
- vairākkārt lasīt cauri ― to read it through several times
- sniga visu nakti cauri ― it snowed all night long, the whole night through
- strādāt visu dienu cauri ― to work all day long, the whole day through
- skatīt cauri iesniegtos dokumentus ― to read through (all) the submitted documents
- finished, done, through, over
- brīvdienas jau cauri ― the holidays are already over
- šis darbs nu ir cauri ― this work is now over
- lasīt, kamēr grāmata cauri ― to read until the book is finished
Synonyms
- (through, across, despite): caur
Adjective
cauri
- nominative plural masculine form of caurs