fur

Signification (English)

1. The hairy coat of various mammal species, especially when fine, soft and thick.
2. The hairy skins of animals used as a material for clothing.
3. An animal pelt used to make, trim or line clothing.
4. A garment made of fur.
5. A coating, lining resembling fur in function and/or appearance.
6. A coating, lining resembling fur in function and/or appearance.
7. A coating, lining resembling fur in function and/or appearance.
8. A coating, lining resembling fur in function and/or appearance.
9. One of several patterns or diapers used as tinctures, such as ermine and vair.
10. Rabbits and hares, as opposed to partridges and pheasants (called feathers).
11. A furry; a member of the furry subculture.
12. (informal) Human body hair, especially when abundant.
13. (slang) Pubic hair.
14. (slang) Sexual attractiveness.

fourrure

pelage

poil d’animal

incrustation-couleur

s’entarter

animal hair

down feather

pilus

thick hair

Peel

chroma key

hair of animals

body feather

leather goods and furs

and feather

fin and feather

hard outer covering

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Prononcé comme (IPA)

/fɜː(ɹ)/

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In summary

From Middle English furre, forre, from Anglo-Norman forre, fuerre (“a case; sheath”), from Frankish *fōdar, from Proto-West Germanic *fōdr, from Proto-Germanic *fōdrą (“sheath”) (compare Old English fōdor (“sheaf”), Dutch voering (“lining”), German Futter (“lining”), Gothic 𐍆𐍉𐌳𐍂 (fōdr, “sheath”)), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-, *poh₂- (“to protect”) (compare Lithuanian piemuō (“protection”), Ancient Greek πῶυ (pôu, “flock”), πῶμα (pôma, “lid”), ποιμήν (poimḗn, “shepherd”), Old Armenian հաւրան (hawran, “herd, flock”), Northern Kurdish pawan (“to watch over”), Sanskrit पाति (pāti, “he watches, protects”). The verb is from Middle English furren, from Anglo-Norman furrer, forrer, fourrer (“to line, stuff, fill”), from the noun.

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