stour

(Anglais)

Adj

1. (dialectal, regional) Tall; large; stout.
2. (dialectal, regional) Strong; powerful; hardy; robust; sturdy.
3. (dialectal, regional) Bold; audacious.
4. (dialectal, regional) Rough in manner; stern; austere; ill-tempered.
5. (dialectal, regional) Rough; hoarse; deep-toned; harsh.
6. (dialectal, regional, usually) Inflexible, stiff.
7. (obsolete) Resolute; unyielding.

Noun

A blowing or deposit of dust; dust in motion or at rest; dust in general.

Adv

Severely; strongly.

Noun

1. A stake.
2. A round of a ladder.
3. A stave in the side of a wagon.
4. A large pole by which barges are propelled against the stream; a poy.

Noun

1. (obsolete) An armed battle or conflict.
2. (obsolete) A time of struggle or stress.
3. (dialectal) Tumult, commotion; confusion.

Verb

Alternative form of stoor.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈstɔː/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: store

Hérité de ancien anglais: stōr

Appartenant à écossais: stour

Appartenant à saterlandais: stor

Appartenant à danois: -

Appartenant à suédois: -

Appartenant à norvégien: -

Appartenant à islandais: stórr

Appartenant à polonais: stary

Appartenant à islandais: staur

Appartenant à grec ancien: σταυρός

Hérité de moyen anglais: stour

Appartenant à ancien haut allemand: sturm

In summary

From Middle English store, stoor, stour (“tall, powerful”), from Old English stōr (“tall, great, mighty, strong”), from Proto-West Germanic *stōr, from Proto-Germanic *stōraz, *stōrijaz (“great, big, strong”), from Proto-Indo-European *stā-r-, *stō-r- (“steadfast, firm; standing tall; big, bulky”).
Cognates
Akin to Scots stour (“tall, large, great, stout”), Saterland Frisian stor (“great, many”), Danish, Swedish and Norwegian stor (“large, great”), Icelandic stórr (“large, tall”), Polish stary (“old, ancient”), Albanian stër- (“big, huge”). Compare also stoor, steer, stately.

Traductions

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