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English
Noun
saur (plural saurs)
- Alternative form of 'saur (“a dinosaur”)
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Dalmatian
Etymology
From Latin soror, with the variant form seraur deriving from the Latin accusative form sorōrem. Compare Romanian soră, suroră, sor, Italian suora, Old Italian suoro, French soeur, Old Spanish seror, Spanish sor, Friulian sûr, Romansch sora, sour.
Noun
saur f
- sister
French
Etymology
From Middle French saur, from Old French sor, from Frankish *sōri, *saur (“dry”), from Proto-Germanic *sauzaz (“dry, parched”). Cognate with Old English sēar (“dry”). More at sear.
Pronunciation
Adjective
saur (feminine saure, masculine plural saurs, feminine plural saures)
- (cooking) dried and smoked
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Gothic
Romanization
saur
- Romanization of 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐍂
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse saurr, from Proto-Germanic *sauraz.
Pronunciation
Noun
saur m (genitive singular saurs, no plural)
- filth, dirt
- Synonyms: óhreinindi, saurindi, skítur
- feces
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Javanese
Romanization
saur
- Romanization of ꦱꦲꦸꦂ