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Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese ouro , from Latin aurum , from Proto-Italic *auzom , from Proto-Indo-European *h₂é-h₂us-o- ( “ glow ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
ouro m (uncountable )
gold
Derived terms
References
Ernesto Xosé González Seoane , María Álvarez de la Granja , Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006 –2022 ) “ouro ”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006 –2018 ) “ouro ”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández , editor (2006 –2013 ), “ouro ”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language ] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
“ouro ”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy , 2012 –2024
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández , Ernesto Xosé González Seoane , María Álvarez de la Granja , editors (2003 –2018 ), “ouro ”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco , editor (2014 –2024 ), “ouro ”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega , →ISSN
Mirandese
Etymology
From Latin aurum , from Proto-Italic *auzom , from Proto-Indo-European *h₂é-h₂us-o- ( “ glow ” ) .
Noun
ouro m
gold
Old Galician-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
Noun
ouro m (plural ouros )
gold ( as mineral or metal )
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.
gold ( colour )
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.
Descendants
Galician: ouro
Portuguese: ouro (see there for further descendants )
Portuguese
ouro on Portuguese Wikipedia
cálice de ouro
Pronunciation
Rhymes: -owɾu
Hyphenation: ou‧ro
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Galician-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
Descendants
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
ouro
first-person singular present indicative of ourar