ouro

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Galician

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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)

  1. gold

Derived terms

References

Mirandese

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Etymology

From Latin aurum, from Proto-Italic *auzom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂é-h₂us-o- (glow).

Noun

ouro m

  1. 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)

  1. gold (as mineral or metal)
  2. gold (colour)

Descendants

  • Galician: ouro
  • Portuguese: ouro (see there for further descendants)

Portuguese

 ouro on Portuguese Wikipedia
Chemical element
Au
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cálice de ouro

Alternative forms

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)

  1. (chemistry) gold (chemical element)
  2. gold (coin)
  3. gold (colour)
  4. gold (medal)
  5. singular of ouros (diamonds) (one of the four suits of playing cards)
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Kadiwéu: oolo
  • Itsekiri: oro

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

ouro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of ourar